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PART III
(1887-1898)
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THOMAS A. EDISON PAPERS
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Savannah Electric and Power Company
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Thomson Grand Public
Transamerica Delaval Inc.
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
Wisconsin Public Service
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Letterbook, LM-211
This letterbook covers the period July 1894-Februaiy 1896. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company;
William S. Perry, secretary and treasurer; John F. Randolph, successor to
Perry; and John P. Walsh, sales agent for sand. The letters deal mainly with
stock transactions, personnel matters, property insurance, equipment, supplies,
and sand orders. There are also letters describing operations at the Ogden
works, briquette production, and product performance. A ten-page progress
report from Mallory to James C. Parrish (pp. 729-738) ends with a prediction
that "we will be able to turn out product at a very considerable profit, and fully
realize all we have expected." Other letters pertain to tax assessments, the
market price of General Electric securities, and Edison’s attempt to interest
German investors in the company. One letter concerns a sprained ankle
suffered by Edison. The spine is stamped "10" and is labeled "From July 5,
1894 To Aug 24, 1895." The book contains 1002 numbered pages and an index.
Approximately 10 percent of the book has been filmed. The letters near the
end of the book are written in very faint green ink and may be difficult to
read.
July 6, 1894,
My dear Mallory
Notiiing doing here. Business at the Stock
Exchange is dead. Are now waiting for a settlement of the strike
at Chicago. Your Governor out there seem3 t o be a daisy.
We tried to get you this morning at 11 o'clock over the wire but
was told by Dover that die wire was down.
I wrote yesterday to Hums tone, Sup t o f Telegraphs, enclosing
a cop;y of a letter which vw> got from the Tel, Co., asking him vmat
he was going to a<o in the matter as we were paying .him rental for
tiie pole line. I will probably get an answer fr<om him to.-day oir
to -morrow on the subject.
Requisition 5646, JuneSOth from the Works calling for Belt
hooks was raoeived/and this morning we got. the enclosed letter
fro i banning M, & Moore iri relation to it. Will you kindly see
why they di d not put on the resuislt.ion the width of the hooks
needed? I notice in orders we received for belt hooks previously
that they always stated the width. If you will kindly get that
- -.<t ton e: i s end G own to me I will order ih.fim. Also return i
Foundry Machini
• * asking us for
«|r four months
us xor oi|r four months note wirth
iA‘'a Mdea’ d*t“‘ "»• W* ...... of
“r • *• - *- «. w
>' n0t’ t0“Settle Wlttl them the Pulleys had been run and
*ha* you would let . us Know. They iff ^ anxlous tQ hw# tJ-
n ote by th a >0th . Are. Vou ~ady t o ^e 4 ora,4 > . / - -
I;
['■
i
V'o 5 .Hall or. y Kaq ,
Enclosed Please find our four months note dated K
JU‘K i0th'°r"Wn t0 W'dor of Seaoiona Foundry Company for
S1,57S‘33* WUl y°U ktn^' «0t Mr. Edison to countersign the sa
and return'? I also bb4 you a 00py of . lett9r vhiah , hwe
just received from the Acne Coal Co,, of Philadelphia. They h
been writing and talking about gas slack coal for some time and
80 U 609013 t0 b" aheap and th** 39-v Jus* ^ good,, i don't knor
but uhat it would be well m , i
well to t.rj a carload. Kindly let
from you on the subject.
for §5,000 will be in
down exactly how I wish
$1,250 to Danville;
800 Freight ;
200 to Elliott i
§800 to Sessions Foundry Co
450 Royalties *
% s 250 to paying May bills aa far i
ranium of the Tax Bill for ourWorki
The assessed valix
is §125.000 and
v 7TWTJ
62
July 26, 1894,
f*? Kdlawi> "<*ld say that several years
7 ’AX‘ -,“- ,U‘' ' ■ President or the Sussex County Iron Co.,
oi’ What you v n.. . o
'P r * 1,0 ®et Assessors to put it im
ai° vaLuatlw»* Hp« telling them that wo owned it
** ftt th- "" tlrM 1 tod 8 tft\* one of the Assessors and
would save trouble to June the Coplay put in on the same
valuation and since 1390 neither the Coplay Iron Co., or ouraelves
imvo h.*u any tax bills for that Company so it is to be presume
that ■ . ’ w Mao baa lumped and is included in the $125,000
Assessment . these two Companies with the Ogden Co. are the
•l> t.nrO'„ taat we ate interested in up there,
1 -note 7/tat you say with regards sand and trust you win
got a chanca to toko the question up with MrjSdioon before long.
During the pact year we have not hud a good article to sell but
could have sold much more than we have if orders had been properly
attended to up there. I settled with Sandford Clark & Co., tor
that car of sand that Matt Qonley loaded by giving them the sand.
63
they pay trip the .freight, and
beg to onolooe you tha bill
shioh
iandi’ord Clark &
hme
and which I
believe you
to have Conley
truly,
'ours
‘KBAStTRER
Enclosed pi ease find three mileage book£Jj t„ Qn {
*»nd one on the D.L.& W, each focr 1,000 miles.
The »4*& W. and one of the M.J .central are made out in the
Compen^s nans; the other Central is made out to your
Your favors of Aug, 3rd. are at h*d. With regards
the ohm res t o be made against Sessions Foundry co», r bog to
advise you that we charged them $01.50 on your letters made up ,
Jbllows : Your letter of June ,7th stated that you h:d planed •
six 12" magnets and that you would hw other ctarges against
tlienij the six 13" magnets amounting to $7,50,
Your letter of July 19th stated that you hai planed
ibur 22 magnets and 49 8" magnets, the bill amounting to $54. 0C
Poral $61.50 It this is <■ ,
9 J“ H WM* charge. will you kindly let
“c know and we will make the
’ning
on dynanoE , That noma week 8 or month
Mr .Gilmore had asked him for prices and the Executive Officers
Comp m y ■•.ad told him at, 'that time to quote Mr .Edison at
to say that he
ion for seeing me
exactly cost,
'igurrss they could give that ire would get
icvcd
i-cond hand Edison -machines
lew machine i
numbers that he has not quoted on
’lie diff!
anywhere:
.) >- make at the samo rate as the ones he quoted to
Yours very truly
TREASURER
illiiiii
150,000 increase
ch eck
Kels<
wha t
absolutely
lind for dhe next
Company
fcessar
the c oilman t a
Company,
ost that you
►ted and things
future time you
on June i
id the various small items that
joining up ,
:h of this month I will need $3,000.
1 phoned C onlay to-day in relation to the suits whio
not been able to get postponed - we will have to
2d.n esday morning Mr. Conley, Dan Smith, T, It. Smith
Qeo. Mo.Entoe arid Milton Peck also T„K .Smith is to bring down his
pay-roll bt
wh&ti
books he
call ed
during the
1 astt suits to produce, also the model of the slot
Sxpri
t o be ready
ling. Mew all this is subject to being changed if
find out that the case will not be called
iteela
before Thursday.' 1 will telephone' you to-morrow if there is any
agreed to take your testimony and Mr,
change. Tho lawyer!
squenfcly
will have to come down.
neithei
Yours very
TREASURE!
Uov . 13, 1894,
reduo ad to
sducijd valuation, but at the end
'Speoial achool
;173 which brings the bill up 'to \vi!thin §175 of what it was, last
analy §1,118
Do yo’u know up there
ial school tax ii
t kindly lei
know and
the Corami!
Smith telephoned thi a morn in»g that
Mutual Insurance C<
Board of Trade Bldg,
Sfffflggg
bothered with them a^ain
.!) ink
Lukens lion & Steel
find a nov
kindly tear
aocep'
TREASURER
Ja a. IX, 189B .
My dear Mallory 5 -
Enaloaea pi 0 a 30 find a letter from Mr.Mc.Kenaiie'
Shiah I reed to you over the phone. 1 feel that I have male a
great mistake d<ur ilrg t±a past two years in not finding Out about
your knowledge of the general Elaotrio Go,, 1 might have mode-
some wo nay if I know you were in any such posistioju bo let im>
know nhat you writs thas nun and fileo> any tip which jo® Chink is
rod hot.
Enclosed please find a list of the p&Op&e who horw
aooopted the notes so far. You Wilt that ihbi .Pelham
Hod Elevating Co., is one of thpi, I d<oh,t fchdhk the ft! are any
of the others hut what will do so. IStosTt Vf thPat iiaV’& a^rtJamants.
with use but wj have hardly hfld tltfife -Jrai Vogfct fob £ipts ffeift
them wlfth the exception of 'Wood, but tffe hW^QL-^r dvVi' gtft d Pb6&S&V
from him inside of a mofath*
Jan. 23, 1895>.
J . L . Smith E m . ,
40 West Broadway,
N.Y.
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 22nd with clipping of the 'notice o
Hathaway's death enclosed. He was a nice old fellow and! I
remember him with a great deal of kindness.
I heard from Gardner this morning. He is now in the
City of Mexico. He expected to' have started his parlor .there
Saturday last and hopes to do very well.
ro very t ruly ,
Youi
TREASURER :
jsUiett ?.sq
a adelphta,
taco that
Tn an 3 we r to your favor
Works :but Ur .’Edison 13
Mr .Wall or? is
there until Friday afternoon next'
truly,
.■one Lan
v nr of Pab ,19th isa. at hand. In ,ans*ar would
;d\ Mr.P.dison and that you can have the right of
’operty subject to our surveyor placing the line
l»st to strike out- mill, on the sane conditions
ntral nave them, namely, we allot# them to uae
subject to our Company.
sards the Hopewell Pond water right Mr tHdisont
- receive a proposition from you whan you haVe
•;u wan >._ba.fpre deciding tut we are ready to
tao nab la proposition that you would make, as at
need it and may never.
You rs very tr ul y.
pa tar son
TOi
• — * “co"‘u" HU.*- Be
v *>“ re“"d° o.,w ,m *»«« .« «« - “"at
„ y<„ tr.4. -it" P ‘ ’ ^ t„«s ».« t. » »*“ **
Hi 3*i» »<“ lf theJ d„ *<»»- «° ~ lW
.., iU have to ao
robabilitioB an »* ’
which yew
!“• tte »«>“’
--“’and’a - atheUslmt.-^».
^ ■** a»eh * - . ttt, ^ ... « •
TrtU i»w»ratawl »hat ^Qip“r . ^ ^ ^ iojl»t think I °oUll3L
although *»* V,U6 * **-ma°* *** 1 d°n’
*pi*t that *wv *‘V ' VJ
_ .^4 iv ka ci^^rtT1 ^ i»
* ,w w „ w ,ia, >■»».« «• *”•** ~
pay
tnai say
a l-i on!
!3tane&s jeopardize
wao-k I fancy will d<
ci nrnen;
the present mourn
ituc h
.should, d
: orapa.n y
TREASWEfi
March 12, 139-8 ,
iJ.a-.tel phia, ?a .
1 hav.; just heard thi3 morning from Mr. Mallory
n relation to your inquiry for ore. He says that
issan ointments *'3 have be en having for the past
it ia best for us not to negotiate; or state arty
131 be in the market to sell ore. When wo are
glad to couinunioate with yow. and see what c an bo
March 14, 1895.
a vc just receive d a message from Smith that you wi 1
e Works on Saturday. I ha/e ba an figuring for the
days with a Mr .11 .Livingston Rogers. Mr. Edisom
reman bar him if you speak to him about it, as his
3ing him was that he was the best example of
l he had ever seen, The man himself is a bar's hxfc
i connections and a good deul of moroy . lie is
ie Ore Milling and ha been for .the pa 3t ten years
at me to take him up to the Y/or-ks; and T ha/e agree
ay. He is to lot me know to-morrow whether he can
ease he goes I will go up, but otherwise as you and
:>th away X don't think I will go. The two or three
ave to draw tins month I will take rap nmxt week . •
s just received a letter from Elliott and he tolls
have t o jay ..the vg rdl c t a on the Three cases tried
week, -by Wedn esday. 3ure . That he can't tell me the
the costs as yet wit that the judgments v/iifch the
,t to about $1,385,00 It may be $5. or 510'more or
will hftri to be paid by next Wednesday X think you
arrangements to let ms ha/e a#chmck on that day
e is to write me so r can gpt the letter on Mondw
t amount, but as $1,385 corves within $10 of it you
ire that amount . ' . '
3 what Mr .Edison says about signing a lease-; for
ha/e got to answer them the first pf noxt week, as
g their offices hero now quite freely. Been* in
this that we have to have an office in the city of
ere for the Hew York Co., and also foi’ the Ore
t we are really gsttirg a pretty cheap rent fbr
I should only make tha lease', if Mr. Edison is
3 year. They ha/ e agreed to that instead of the ,
sa as we made before. Let me hear from you, if
Enclosed please find our check for §47.:|g for thw
anoint of your bill which we had on our January accounts.
I am also in receipt of your letter to Mr.Edisom, Presides;
of the company, with copies of the different let terra that want
between you and Mr. Edison. I am very much surprised at you
drawing a draft on Mr, Edison porsomlly. We have certairiLy had
onoygh busi ness to warrant your knowing that the office of the
Company 13 in Haw York, and that Mr .Edison personally had noth:
to do with paying drafts. I will admit that we are behind hanc
hi our payments. The account should hare teen settle ont
but owing to certain circumstances here I have been d* JUS
any letter sent to me here would have been answered ant
explanatihri 1 think leave toon satisfactory to you.
5J April 3* 1395.
Your tela phono message of th is morning stating
/on will be shut dorm at the Works for tan days, ia ait hard an
vi.U corrmunicnte with Capt , Rodgers. and not go up, I probcbly
will- not go up myself unless T hear from you to the contrary. I t
t rust the shutting dovrn for ten days doa isn't mean that; you? Java;
3truck any bad bug,. Let me hear from you vhat the trouble is.
I non beg to enclose you memorandum of the money that
to vi.ll neech throurfa. th.ia month with the exception of the pa.y-rolli
tfiich I-did^Tiot know as yet what that will be. I sl-all wait
r3, OOO for notes on the 17th; the balance we could ran along anoth
er week or pay towards the last of the month. If we are go ing tc
pay the men on the 20th, kindly include the amount for them in your
check that you sand for the notes on the 17th.
I also send you a memorandum of the notes and open
aocounts as they appear on our books on April 1st . To be deducto
from that remember there is $4,300 of no ter 3 which I received a
check for this morning and $100 for the JanuaiV' accounts. Both
these- items should bo deducted from the total of $27,000.
J am in fjwsipt or your -letter of to-day . I note dial'
you say about paying the men on fcho 20th . I shall eopec t fro to
you a oheck on the 17th for #3,000 fo r notes due on the 18th plus
the pay-roll. Do not forget that over and above the amount as
it appears on your books that there is $500 to Mr.Conlay, $208 for-
Mr .Goodfellow and §156. 6S for Mr, Badger. Of course if it is any
advantage to yom.aend me a check for $300 on the 17th for the> notes
due the 18th and send m a check on the 18th for the pa,y-roll .
The balance of the i
be pa id lat er in
I have receive! this morning a telephone naanage from
Mr, Grant stating that his letter to t'.r tHdisoa was fjo ing of f to-day
so- you will gat it on the train to -uiorr-o w afternoons On receipt
of it if-you will telephone me Monda.y 1 will notify Mr.Ouant that
J want :to deliver the .50 shares of stock to him say on the 15th am
will iiave certificate dra m and send it up for Mr, Hells oil's signa-
tih1?, and .you can return it eo that $3,rf00 9f the., amount wa vriin
r;-.~ ill. at. hand, 1 rote, what you
zvix: ?.f, " o Mr.ihvintt tmd am rat ho r sorry that
■;a r hr? d\i . I think that" if a man wants any
i:v- ! ■ ■ <v to tail h. ini right cm th-.e head
•> v;.5 Jihoi.-.U! I-..VI have- had his .§5,000 to go-
the ••ioxh cions;; that we wantsd.no natter
ic all fixed or not, but Guantt called m* vp
r. «a .v.i to that effect and I t old him I would'
days part of tho month I would call on
uM y-v e hub iy he the first part,
ay .vi th regards the money. I shall want
2*, 050 fo»* .-x, tar. , 8 200 for Pill ire & Crate and
tho r. on the 27-iii 1 atoll want $3,000 more as'
ht and telephone, office rent, Elliott,
Eebi-uat-y accounts and sundries, and if
■ tns first of May I shall call on Mr. Quant
hi on I think will take care of the notes due:
mot'.*..-'. « ■ t have been particular in the:
od ..being $225 more- than you say, 03 I have
down to such an extent that I c mnofc afltoaKl
s even to tho extent of *250.
to get you on the phone this' morn i ng but
T ha-o seen Walter Cutting 3inoa and ta
:ut. there and thatt the Direct ora pa3s.ed ell
\r .Edison wanted . He also tells ice that he
; -would go op to the Works: on the 20th,
’sn ail the resolutions that we want there on
call you -up on the phone: this afternoon, if
to -morrow what I have he ard lie re to-day.
Yours very truly,
W.S. Mai lory "Ean
Edison , N.C.,
Dear Sir : - '
Enclosed ploase find s tatemont for March Slot, of thffi
H.J.iS: Penna, Cone, Work^s; also Ed sends you to-day the freight bill
for March, In my estimate to yam of monoy wante>d for the seme I
estimated the freight as $750,00 (Freight & Telegraph). Instead of-
that you will notice that I will need $1,060.00, consequently will
you please correct the amount of money that I w.iUI need on thee
27th adding that different?® to the sane,
Enel osadi please find the Inoomt Tax return for the?
N.J.cb Penna. Cone. Works. Will you kindly, if it is satisfactory
ha/e Mr .Edison sign the 3am® and have i‘t wit. rxrss ed by Smith as
Notury Public, provided he lias notarial seal, and after signatures
have boen obtained send the sam* to Johnny- Randolph add ask him to
file the report with the Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Oounty of Essex, N„Jt I have gone over- this pr-etty careful.
You will notice that I have not pat in Mrt,C6nley's name as drawing
a salary of ovor $4,000 k yd'an I have gone over this with Mr.
Baucias and he tells ms that -nab riot got to t» done aid neither
ha-ve we got to put in the amount of money that w* spend for-
construction other than the pay-roll, taxe-3 and r-oyaltie-s ditch
you see are filled in,
Please tell MhsEdisidn that I have tifcde Out Income Tax
yep Orta for the U .YsU-onceri bra t irig Works shoeing that «re have paid
during the past yaar and that it whs all d.erivdd from time-
sal® -of the .cap ital Shook the ‘thimpany • was doing no b-usi nsss3
other than, experimental, a.lao that in. the Edison bre. Milling Co.,
j hhCe unde otst the report that W6 sperit last year $825,00, that
the Company has done no business other than experimental arid that
the moitey wan spent for tuxe-S and office 'ejpbttsdbi
Yours very truly, M ■
//W -v
rf/ */ * ,•
T^tmiar :
April 22, 189.5.
■
<, Elliott J.r . ,
Paterson, K , j.,
• 5 ir : - .
At a Special. Mooting of tlief Directors held on Saturday
'ho Works- ,wa decided to mere the office to Orange from this
/. I resigned as Treasurer to take effect on the first of May
Mr.Rundoipn vas elected in my place. At the time vro moved
i we notified soma Official either, in Albany or 6 hi®. County
'.he- notification cams through our annual report, and now I
iovs it is customary to notify some Official, that . 'ire are no
■nr doing Qua ineaa in the City of Now York. Will you look up
natter and -rrite to the proper Official notifying that* to that
set, or write a letter to be sent to thesrm and I will sign it as
reaayy ... also a t the same time we notifying some Official whether
Apftit or Mr. Steele t do not remembsr, that T was the proper
so-n to serve papers on. Please have that cancelled. I have1
3poker. to Mr. Stools on the subject ns I have not seen him and T
A you are til© proper perr.on to oo.rmi'lt with.
The ra was also a resolut io n passed at the meeting author?
(V. «n to tab* the proper ste-ps in relation- to havirg tiie By-Laws
th ia Company changed so that the Directors shall bet increased
f. ; ivc t:o seven. X find in looking over the By-Laws that the
; hi older s will' have to do that at a mee.-tirg but I write to youa
ask you tc> kindly look over the By -Laws that arte .in the Minute
k at Orange and write me if I am correct or notr and I will for-
J year letter to Mr, Edison. If you will do these different
:\.\a at vout* earliest convan is no o I w.i.11 be very much obligad.
AUaanod you ±"ina a portion of'th® stati
ub out tfiiuit | spoke to you yesterday.' The statement, in f u"
rfl-at we can rlo on different values of crude ores that
! irom 9* crude up to 33/ crude. t have selected the Zi%
5 83 b0ins 1088 than fiho »•*«•«• that, the .ore is sure to
r TOC‘lln#ry a11 ^ * capacity of 300 tons per
h0"r’’ 11 rUn tn>'e® 3hftf fcs oi' 0lCht *i°urs each, would make 7,201
tons crude per day. Wo. however, while we will try to make the
full 24 hours, only figure to make 18 out of the 24 hours, leavio,
si, hours for repairs, and fully expect to' average for 275 dayS-a
least 4,00, tohs per day. What th is would m.e us you
CWl 3°* ^ tab19 att— - * a less number
516
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;roatar number of toils than 4 , 000, the table will
handling so .large 'an amount
cover it we
is considerable
against about
.ttached about $175,000 per y
all , lab or; and, a3
allowance for wear
think that
880,000 of which av
date
issued
eta 11a
leasing properties, gett:
l id i ni
Of the Capital
it all havii
pat ent
four
aceoui
ounts by four
bring, the capacity
•nab Is
ilnimum output up to maximum
atigatiom
you by all means to bring your people to Edison to
AT EDISON'S LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N. J.
TELEPHONE 311 ORANGE
Edi b on Build ing , N ,V , ,
Replying to yodrs of the <
pleased to moat your party on Satan
to go over the figures given you.
Regarding the list of com
in '92. would say that the hulk of i'
Iron Co. , Be this hor „ Pa, They gav
.Tould say that jvs wnnldi itt
y. :xt, May sit TSaisdcs
shipped to Befi'ilsvThit
unit , mid w-3! ii&iapea
we learned from th; ; • eyerie;
only a small percent Yg* of it
ince wiC” tha fine ect ni anihiUifcsiH , ftb«*
; could he used to ad varies* 'in '*&» 1 i
3 larger quantities., it wool* W-®* •«**»'
furnace, as if they used it »n larger quant. i ties..**
THia .of eoui'Stt.liffii ted cur market so we decided ta put the
concentrotea into briquettes. -Vo «**<* «P severe ®?
briquettes anti shipped fciifeW .which were satisfaetW*,, s» chen
decided to shut down. and build^V- plant , We tit& mow J'uht starting
AT EOISON'S LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N. J.
TELEPHONE 311 ORANGE
rranged ,to ship, nothing but briquettes
We shipped
small' lots to several other parties but
-.e principal
sont to Bethlehem Iron Co,
That you may have plenty of tine at Edison on Sat la-day,
ouLd suggest that ycu leave New York on the 4 :00 .P ,M. Train
(O.L.A W,). You will arrive at Dover at 5:84 and then take th
Chester Branch of thei D.L,* W. which leaves Dover at 5:30 ami you-
will reach -Kenvil at 5:4,5* Write Mr. Vorti
KenviljN.J
that you Will arrive on trie Chester branch at 5:45 and he will
at the train with a team,
Yours
AT EDISON’S LABORATORY,
TELEPHONE 311 CHANCE
' Orange, N. J.
Va.y 1st, 1S9S.
Mesa. Sandfonl Clark 4 Co,,
Elizabeth, K.J.,
Dear1 Sirs
As yon* will note from our latter head, the General
Office of this Company had been moved from Me* York to' Orange, N.J.,
also-, that I have been appointed Treasurer.
I find an the books charges against you for' sand amounting;
to §33 ,91 as per enclosed statement , You will not® that the
acc count runs back from Aug,94 to Jan;?5, andi I .am . very anxious to
get all old accounts settled up. Will you kindly send me check
for the amount as 3’tated,
549
600
Ci
:: F.DlSC’N'S LABORATORY,
ORANGE, N. J.
TELEPHONE 311 ORANGE
Orange, N; J.
May 22, J8S5
Sand ford Clark & Co,,
TSlisatath , N,J„t
$*** Sirs j-
Rcplying to yours of th a 16th I beg to say that we
•v-5,7.,T jmko price same to you 'as on previous shipments. We herewith,
•tsslose credit memo. We note your conments about the sand and
y'o!;V.Vsay that the sand shipped you was the "regular run of the
A.Ul" with out: any treatment. Our sahd house build! for screen¬
ing and. blowing -is all complete but the machinery is not in place.
ft8 *ha* ever, hope to have it all completed in the; near future and
then tel 11 be in position to ship you any -size or combination of
*iss*« you may require, and entirely free from dust .
As soon as we are ready with our new sand will be glad to
•‘.al.R ?.hs question of agency up with you, through Mr. Walsh or direct
as ■ nay- be. thought be3t»
Touts very truly,
lots : TftiW letter should Present.
-uve* been forwarded to you before
-it was overlooked.
t
Ora mge. N.j.
11a y 28* 1895.
.Messrs. Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sirs : -
In looking i$> the matter of , sh ipmsnt s of concentrates-
to Bethlehan Iron CO., I find that the shipments made in May, June
and July of 1891, the charge was 8 1/2.C. per unit delivered.
JVom March 1892 to February 1893 all shipnents ware charged at
•$u, per unit delivered. The assays on all shipments averaged
about 65 to 66% iron and. from, 032 to,e38 phosphurouait We are
interested to hear' what the market prices of other ores were
da r tng this same period.
Yours very truly,
■ A/ '
■Tuns 10, 1395 ,
:g & Crane.
idelphia, Pa,
Keplyin;
yours, of tha 7th,vhich
June 10, 1.895
Crane
’hiladelpiiia. Pa,
.oted yours of
7th fti'lly. regardirg your
;h Mr.Whartarr and he
matte:
O.tsh Wria witln
Bethlehi
Yours very t mlj
w.s.sPiiiine Sw,
o/o PJlliftfe-
Pa,
29, 1855.
Secs ions Foundry CoJS
Bristol, Com,
Gentlemen :-
We he»>9 ,ja3.t telegraphed you
“Have riot a single aomeyae wheal left arid 'if should
br‘«u-,> any would bo .dampened to a 'hut mill down, Ship at least
ir^rii; y by Express to-day whether .machined or r(ni* v If no.no oast
•• them. -of .e enuaoh iron.. Rush balance,.- anti here: "
wh.»ait -«v now confirm,, Owing to the spokes ou the first lot of
'<4Kf‘ls you evsde for ijs being thin in plus es, vw are breaking a
S«>M '-.any of tiiepr wheels , and our conveyors ar e .so arranged th;
. It*- tV-wj Cr.v!>.u«, "
if tw wheels - for^kjWre adjo unable to rur. it. you h w e -now had
tb is nr-Jer e in 99 this SOth of June an.d «re do not understand why y
should two been so 'imjr. in filling it:. We must have these wh«-
end* as stated .i'n our tolnffrasli, if you cannot -nuke them of -abtfrev;
iron.'K want you tto cast- at least 50 to 100 ordinary iron &.\ d v;
thin forward without delay. If th« boring 'and facing 'O'.vt:..
J.elay ■.• our 'Shipment any, let them qome a» sroon as cast and ve iff
do - machine work on them, Whatever number you si v- ' of <u
to duplicate of. the charooal iron v/ith
oontnon
tia chilled rim-.v
sk that you take the matter right up and co,
ir wheels without further delay, aa you can s
lerious matter for us to be compelled to sin
plate both oniei
it would be
our plant down for the want of a few wheels.
If for any reason you cannot make immediate shipment pleas
advise us so that wa tW arrange to get seme wheels elsewhere.
Yours very truly,
Philadelphia, Pi
Replying t'o youra of the 25th, in which you ask
our Briquettfes, we beg- to1
iave not trade any Briquettes. and consequently
have made
quote you pricej more ova i
your City for the
any inquiries that you nay have for Briq¬
uet taa you will pj
Yours
July 29, 1835 .
I
Tra M. 'Mi'Uer Esq.,
Ak.rp.ni, 0. -
Dear Sir : -
I am in receipt of yours of the 27th and htVo noted
. am a fully. I am somewhat surprised that Mr. Dari ins do as not
understand, fully the arrange irsnti as made with Mr, Coffin, as Mr.
Coiffin stated it fhll.y to him over' the phone tha da? I -was in
Boston. The arrangement was as follows . i You were to pay the
General Electric Co,, §2,000 cash and gip'S then your four months
note for §0,000; and as to the payrntet of1 -the balance, you t<
arrange that with Mr. Darling, a re- . .naisle time, of course, be i>ae
given you, a ft er the payment of tha $ f j „ OO'D . the amount of
collateral was to be t ha same as at presjont. If you do not,
succeed in arranging t)ia tetter with Mr, Darling, I coulct, of coir'!
go and bob Mr .Coffin again, but h6pa th«t ..trill' not b?, neosrasary.
You W&& perfectly justified in taking th£ position thfttT y°u
have^as my understanding with Mr .Coffin vast very clears on the &
terms . ,
Glad to hear that the electrio business '«
wall and sincerely hop® that tie consolidation debate *•'
through. ;'Wa are making fair progress at the Mill, and as soon
aa inr.EdiS.on ia able to get around again, which we hope will be
the latter part of the week, m expect, to start the Bricking
Plant. and commence shipments of the Briquettes . v?e have a con¬
siderable amount- of. concentrates in the stockhouse already to bo
made into Briquettes.
Yo\xva very ■'truly.
July 29 , 1835 ,
Messrs, Pin inf- $ Cra«a,
Bullitt Bldg..,
• . ' Philadelphia, Pa,
Bear Sirs
Will you pleaae take thtf two rolls of photographs that
you have } of ciur plant, and deliver same to Mr, W, I) .Marks, Presidents.
Pdison Electric Ligh+, Cc., #909 Wal.nu t St,, and make any explana- '
tion3 of than that he may ask; alco arrange with Mr. Marks to
return the photographs to you after he 'has finished v/iith. them.
Yours very truly.
. 4.
ir favor of July 35t)
and will probably start shipping ore in about two
ihall know something more definite and be able t
v/e shall pay dividends
. . . ... _ _
691
f \
August 12, 1S95.
, Tafei
100.'. Arch st o ,
Philadelphia, Pa
7/ill you kindly send ms G..0 „J3 . one dossn copies -.of
your little work "Bread from Stones"; also advise-' ms the >piric<9 <of
aom in lota of HVJ or more. We have read same with a very great
deal of interest, und mould be Obi iged . if you would advise us
wise t Mr any pfaatipal tests and -results have T»en obtained from
the rots of stone nvhal in this country, i
fi otflt tiruahing Wodts, where vv separate th.e iron from 'the ■ norfc- !
wc- iu»ks< dQ to SO tons a day of fine dust, and as all our rock in
t0.(f.6pn$y t<* thought possibly v/e might be able to 'do dom’O&m
In trn diraotlon outlined .in yowr little book<, M'fffM
Wft. mill, be glad to mend you -a sample aff :jast ub* t #* .
nu&o, -stje Ohm bii pleased to hear fully from >ou as ‘to %im
rnabUr standi in tM<s country up to date,.
sei'tai*
deuljt. do bettor with them
ih youT ''i’ll
truly
VICE PRESIUSOT-
and produce
;h them:-
latcr an in the month whoh mill
#1 got to running hotter and taking more ore, it ran right away an to ar-
mount of tonnage compared with that coming from the mines,- wo then sent
for more men (Italians) so as to increase the output from the mines, tout
before thoy had fairly startod our labor trouble came on us, and wo stop¬
ped:- all this in explanation of the smaller tonnage from the mines and
that put through the crusher plant-. As compared with the tonnage put
through mill #1- which draws its supply from stock-house #1-
hfi stated, t/o Bhut down .the night of tho 8 End , mailing twenty-two
days, take out three Sundays and two days used in construction (Hew)
work (one day we lost owing to a delay on construction work wo tried to
do over night, and did not got finished until tho next afternoon- the o-
thor day was spent on construction work) it loaves seventeen days, of tel
hours each, of actual running time, so each plant should have made 170
hours,
Tho orusher plant did as follows: ,
08 hours crushing 4fl |
SO 11 waiting on the mines for ore
0 " lost rolls blocking (now practically fixed)
Forward
76.15
cost outcido Ilillfi and L!ino( Includes oarpentor, machine and
(
blacksmith shops, stable^ storeroom-
( office- oil house, outside oloctri-
(eal.nork- yard sang, etc:, etc.,
Operating Labor $668.04 - 16330 tone - 4.13 cents per ton
intermittent « 514.11 - 16330 11 - 3.17 cento * <•
Material 303.40 - i6330 " - 1.35 cents. " « 8.04
Ooet per crude ton finished in the four, of 84.60*1
67$ concentrates :-
V/'he n ne ran the old mill in 1893, the
average of all our vrorfc nas 3 99/100 crude tons for 1 ton concentrates.
Vlo know that the average will prove to bo loss than 3 99/100 as no nork
non- .but to be on the safe side, no still figure on 4 tons crude foi 1
ton concentrates, therefore 4 tons crude at cost of 84.19 oents ton,
makes our concentrates cost us $3.39 per ton in stock-house. 1 v; e have
been offered 8/ per unit delivered Allentonn, Pa., for 10.000 to 15000
tons briquettes- this would make price 67 X 8 - $5.36 delivorod and loo
68/ per ton freight would net in $4.08 per ton F.O.B. oars, Edison.
Non suppose that ne had had men enough in the mines to hove deliv¬
ered eve to ;V- oxuaitgu? -Pj-Wl for iho 35 hours' the crushing plant was
waiting for ora, and witn exactly' tho osmo quantity (16SS0 tone) going
through mill y,-l- tho mines would have then gotten out 18593 tons, and
the costs would have been an follows:
>ro from the nines delivered to orunhor plant
30.61/
11 put through crusher plant 81.49/
11 " « Kill #1 ( some ) 83.10/
" Outside (came) 8.54/
Total cost per crudo ton 73.74
Based on 4 tons crudo would _ 4
make cost 6VJj concentrates 390.96/100
In figuring on different tonnage, the operating labor is independc
of tho output- tho intermittent labor, of course, depends to a certain
extent on tho output -
for instance tho loading of tho oro at tho
mines into tho Skips*, if wo load 100 tons instead of 50 tons, tin
would practically be twice
the actual loading- but the cost
per ton repairs would not double , as thoro is a certain amount of wear
if the maohinery runs without
r oro going t'nrough it.
amount of oro would not malce twice tho amount of repairs. As near ae
we can figure it, the extra' cost would be about 85Jv- thor. .also on the
coal oil- the average friction of tho machinery of the crusher plant is
345 horse-power- that of mill #1- is 348 horog-powor, while tho horse- *
U/Q'Iltt
power, at full load (EDO tons of ore per hour) on oruohor plant is 340-
and that of mill f- 1 in 500- so that wo have to develope 587 horse-power
when mill is running empty, and 840 horse-power ffiion running at full
capacity- so if no put through say 100 tons of oro instead of DO tons,
it would only increaso the cost of the coal and oil about 30$.
With present facilities and tho little changes v;e have underway, w
should average at loast 1800 tons in ton hours in each mill- call it
1154 (twice 577) tons for convenience in figuring- results would be as
follows;
Wo have picked out all the labor, such as loading oro into the
fillips, oi:d doubled it, and to labor and material used on repairs, we
have added 36$, and to coal and oil wo have added 30$.
Coot por erudij ton delivered from mines to crusher plant yi9.71j^
" 11 " « put through crusher plant 17.01*
" « " " | » Hill #1 18»89“
" " “ « " " Outside work 7^34*
Cost for crude ton 03, 85
4 tons crude for 1 ton concentrates 4
§3.51 40
Cost per ton 67$ concentrates:-
When to got the equipment necessary to bring us up the full capa¬
city (4000 tons per clay so hours) and load the ore by machinery, instead
of by hand, wo fully believe that wo will be able to reach, and even do
bettor than the figures given you in Hay last —
Wo have all the data from which the above results are obtained, and
should you desire wo will be glad to go through it with you, or any ex¬
pert you might caro to send here for that purpose. wo have Kept our
costs so that wo can toll the costs of operating and repairs on each
individual machine, so as to be able to catch any excessive wear, and
correct it.
7/e realise, of course, that there is some "long time wear" that has
not shown up yet (we have mined and crushed 39333 tons since started
this laot time) still as against it, we feel that changes made during
the month, and being aado now will a great deal more th^a off set it-
for instance we were compelled to renew two of the babbitt bearings on
the Giant rolls^ at quite a cost for labor, and material, simply because
the bearings did not get enough grease- It is now so fixed that they
get more than ample oil, so wo will probably never have to do that again*
I could mention quite a numbor of oimilar cases.
738
Altogether wo fool very moh pluaood with the ro suits- for consider
ing the small tonnage per clay, it -prove a to us conclusively that t re trill
be able to turn out product at a very considerable profit, and fully
roaliso all wo have expected.
Ao to the brioKjLng plant — all experiments have been completed, ana
results are satisfactory tc ue~ Wo are not/ malting the necessary chang—
os there, and are waiting for some material to complete them, and hope
to bo able in a very short time to be malting regular shipments of the
briquettes- Vie will lteep same close costs of the work at briolcer plant,
and will send them to you, as soon as we have shipped any considerable
Yours very truly,
'faj.? iDcdUii P
• ' '
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Letterbook, LM-212
This letterbook covers the period February-September 1896. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the company; John
F. Randolph, treasurer; and Edwin I. Olmsted, purchasing agent. The letters
deal mainly with personnel matters, company financial obligations, sand orders,
equipment, and supplies. There is also correspondence about renovations at
the Ogden works. Other items pertain to insurance and to the company’s credit
rating. The spine is labeled "Letter Book From Feb. 18, 1896 To Sept. 1, 1896
N.Y. Office." The book contains 1031 numbered pages and an index.
Approximately 5 percent of the book has been filmed. Most of the
handwritten letters are in very faint green ink and may be difficult to read.
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first, of next «resk.
Ukrohr sth,, less.,
0*R-BbN *« sdoi.,
-CJtRBOK CO., "PEHKA,
Biawi-'
*<Saarlng t.o.yeur*3n4„ 'll*. K&XSar^ajt^, «»t taas.
«*<»«. , -Itoa„ *, «, irJw.t,.., „.(u Mt ^ ^
«w •«*»*» <0 q* TO* ,B,(tw
M 4, V* »«. , if ta, w p««, tevl<
tp your vfork xith Stow Pool, ^ ±.
'*** .$* ».o rjcv
very tyu^
flw%.
' U
Waroh 7th., XS9Q.
'Ms. 3. S, PERRY,
36 COF.TLAXDT ST.,
NETT Y ORK CITY,
Osar Sir*: -
RaplyliTC to yours 6th., Mr, EDISON aays Ire vlU be
"IUCh plcased to hava »r. HOWE and Mr. HARRISON call on him a
laboratory. He expect* to be here everyday for the next t*o or
three veeka.
Years very truly.
Vice Pres,
March 13th., 189S,
•tfnmnrr & jtrmmerer,,
COPhAY, PA.
■Star Sira; -
^rplyi ng to yours 9th,, I beg to say, that at
pmiem. nothing but constructing work is going on at. EDIS03, N, *L»
and both Mr. EDISON arxl myself are $,.t ORANGE , I would advise, that
yon delay your visit to EDISON until about MAY. However if you
dasire Zo ms Mr. EDXS'DIJ on anything that cannot wait that long,
ve rill be glad to hsvjj Mr. HAW. and yourself call on us at the
LaUrat ory here .
Yours very truly,
Vioe- Praa,
2(»9
',7« S„ Po rryi
Ne» York City.
Dear Sir:-
March 26th.. 1896.
■'« return the MM, by the st«e of
^-tXr.ntn. writ. hiia you
I,a”*‘™“”-'««>o1phWre»te„ttm. Mr
“*■“ "°' ”M0** «» «* »" Vork
very truly,
Gao, 3. Douglajw St Bros,,
Bnvomajrev Bdg.,
*. V. City.
April 9th,, 1896.
0*ar Sira:-
B»ply«ns to yours 8th., m bee to oa, that ■„ vlll
”U ”">** «~P *« »«»« « Bdlaon, until cn«plotS
«1 onr ctanco, , 90 days , wa m, JM) „u„tiaj u
Yours ve^y truly,
NEW JlrwEV i< P»lViivA GGv?3;i’rni.iT:Nf3 vVOSXS.
Vios-PreB ,
1
I
April 9th., 1896 .
My dasr Robb ina ,
Many thanks for the copies of your " :iotes on
Conveyor Belts etc., « sent to Mr. Edison and mysair. They do yen?
groat c radit ,
Yours very truly,
Vioo-Pras .
To Mr. Thomas Robins Jr.
# 64 Gortiland St.,
c
leve
land,
0.
Dear Sir:
V/e are ii
i receipt
t. oday
of
the two s
lamplea '
ore from
, you
tr Concheno mine; That we
may s
tart
our man
on his
rk correc
tly
will
you plea£il
a advise :
ne ,as
to t
he praser
it me the
treating
the
i ore
in. the mill, the s
ize of
the
mesh to
which j
duo e it,
and
just
what the
trouble i
s that
you
have -wit
;h it.
The more
full you
make
the
data you
send uf
ie better
prepared
we wil be
to tackle
the probl
em; I<et u
is know
so the av
>erage as,
say value
of the or
e for
say
a months
' run ai
is amount
you
save
; As soon
as we have the
above inf ormat ionwe
.11 'Start
our
man
at work at
once ♦
Yoitrs very truly.
April 24th., 1896
Mr. 0, J. Conley, Supt,,
Edison, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
I sent you by Express from 11. Y. this moraine, two
samples of vegetable Tar. The different parties that I called on
advised ma that there is only one grade of American Vegetable Tar,
but that it comes in a thick and a thin state, I tried to obtain
some of the so called thick kind, but no one seemed to have any.
I explained' to the partios that Mr. Edison had said that there
is a grade that is used in connection with Oakum, and that it 13 a
better grade than the other, but what I have sent is the only kind
that I could find. There is a foreign brand -Russian ) that comes
at $12,00 per bblr. of about 50 gallons, but the- American is only
about 1/3 the cost of that. Please send your answer to me at
M.W. ft Moore P.0, box 2803 N. Y. so that! can attend to the matte,
without any further delay.
May 18th., 1895,
Pill Inc « Crane,
Fhila., Penna .
Dear Sirs:-
On receipt of your favor 15th., wr at once telegraph¬
ed you » Mr. Edison goes to mill Wednesday; better come ovor to¬
morrow « which now confirm. Mr. Edition expects to romt in at
the mill from Wednesday until Saturday.
Your3 very truly,
?i£w jlhsey & penksylyahsa
Vice— Pi
Replying to yours 20th,, I beg to say that owing
in receipt of certain materials, we probably will
Augus !
5 th. 189 (
• fy . ,
i k PffirfyMKIA GOHCENTRA n«3 WORKS.
V ;y/^<AU^y
V/e wish
you would gat for us
an opinion, from the proper
parties on tl:
ie following question
relat i
ve to our insurance;
As you well 1
:now, a great deal of or
maoliin
cry at Edison
is, more or less, expermental, and after it
is put
in place, wo i
often
are compelled t
,o make additions and
change
a, which add t
o its
cost; Take for
■ instance a machine wh<
first
cost is $1000.
, and
on which, from
experience, we learn
certai
n changes are :
necess
ary, these char
iges cost us for extra
material (which repli
aces s
ome we take oft
• original machine) and
labor,
say §500., making t
he machine star
id on our books as cost;
*1500 .
, whereas we c
ould,
with present kr
lowledge, replace it at
the or
■iginal cost of
§1000
i,; Now what tve
want to know is, if we
carry
on this partic
ular machine §800. insurance, are we safe c
the f>0/u co-insurance
clauc
;e ? Also what t
:he effect would be, in
case c
if an adjustmen
t , the
i fact that the
machine stands on our
few monti
T3dis<
done
thought
i-jonei
book;
have
shown
iurano<
to know how to handle
Informat
Thanking: y
AGREEMENT made this seventeeth ( i7 ) day of Jdfy,
1896- by and between the NEW JERSEY & PENNSYLVANIA CONOEN- 7^4
TRATING WORKS of the first part, and M. J. CONLEY and E. SAVEY
of Edison, N. J,, parties <Jf fhe second part!-
Pacv of the second part agree.-;, for t - aum of
nineteen hundred and seventy five dollars { fily rJadO }, to
remodel. fe^buildlng, (and make it same as. model now erected.
. PrHrrir^TTVW-r^ lltR
in Assay room at said work* ). and also as per plans^nished
does not give suff:
that party' of the fi
.here necessary, linings if W
erioh in places- ala
foundations and con
ill «« »r>.k »* ”V“' "•
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* „ to, «- - >" - - f“'“ ^
.ton. *— .*» W -X“ »* “rth ~ 01
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Mv,X »d rtl .«* 5"495t,1°’
a«d. of mixer bttilding&t-
Ppirt'f qf tli® Qdqonfl Pftrt. &i»o krtes a to foUvUt
m^vB on fowii^tA.onp, *ovel ^nd fdptpn thejn ae^relyj al,?o
tp 3,ev«l kj-RS f*U lflPPtylWt W ^«Pa? *!?SW ^pr *** lb*9*'
in $y Vdifl inciq^o ai} bmrinp nmpt Nw »«'* bwinea in
miw tpwm\\~
Parties or the second part also a^reap to deliver
tju**Jf*jbUX6f
t •>>•. of the second :•••>'•
aoiiui--- w“ » .,or3t»:
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thirty days, tnat '• •-•' flrBt part for
_ ,, t, pc made by party oi
proper allowance -*
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Letterbook, LM-213
This letterbook covers the period August 1896-March 1897. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company, and
Edwin I. Olmsted, purchasing agent. The letters deal mainly with equipment,
supplies, and sand orders. Also included are letters by Edison relating to the
market potential and production of his briquettes, the attributes of managers
at the Ogden works, and the value of the mill for tax purposes. Other items
pertain to the financial status of the company. The spine is marked "N. J. & P
C W." and "12" and is labeled "Letter Book From Aug. 27, 1896. To Mch. 19,
1897. N.Y. Office." The book contains 999 numbered pages and an index!
Approximately 5 percent of the book has been filmed. Most of the handwritten
letters are in veiy faint green ink and may be difficult to read.
56
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dut urtrd^ y^u. A a. d ^pJa^/*~d — -
cyy9
AGREEMENT made this second (8) day of September- 1896-
>y and between the New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works'
•’ the first part and M, j. Conleyancl K, Savey o.f Edison, N.J.,
•uct building kno-yn
.id in;
;onst’
SipBilfSYipM C0NGEHTRVPH3 WORKS.
", c
V'^^\ lyv^Xv\
MW JERSEY & PENNSYLVANIA CONCENTRATING WORKS.
33rd., 1896
jpilsburg, Esq
Your favor loth, to Mr. Edison relative to
rosin
cement, has been waiting writers return from out of town:- Mr.
Edison would like to know the character of the material you desire
no briquette/- if it is iron ore, our mixture is only successful
on magnetic ore:- other materials would be more or less a matter
ixporimsnt
Yours very truly
Vico — Pres
Ill
Replying; to yours ROth. ulto, T beg r.c say that probably
mtio.
itiBfaotory way
over with
various kinds of cement:
had considerable exparisno
/bile working out the rosin
and if. you will advi
If this pla-
conve:
’phor.e '
appointment, for you with Mr. Edison,
wiH arrar
f uu [• months noti
ae ml you
to cover your
much mora
>riccs will
soon
will
'8 rage dat.
-rived
obliged
NEW .JERSEY «£ PENNSYLVANIA
wu
A-p(lNA-w' *''j
... fVv^>AAJ
\wJ>-L>
JEflS?-V & PEHK3VLVANIA OONSEHTRMIHfl WORKS,.
Mr* , F.diaon has f~JJy noted yours avt-h? relative t<
lornwall ore- and will bc
Is- raado in
PENNSYLVANIA GONGEMTRATI-
say that
ftalh,
iine since j v.&d* my contribution to the State committee; If you
aa appl ad for it before they did 1 would have been glad to have
,de the contribution through you, as would have liked the same
.,ed in Sussex County: Why done *o« arrande to get it from the
at a committee?
1:500- sttov/inr jiao <?-
shs tfiomcnssls •• is
o; SO db^jcL- r. graduation-
and sh« bulb is 1 c ue cn-
! he mercury :
whi oh .''his
i&db so rf.v can put. a light behind It as
shat the t.h->i’ff.riny»i.3t,a ivili. re- fid within
ft’.’ ih? point vnpn-o bulb is placid-
tO - and fcs less if you. can: make it. so-.-
. ;o put through our .all so- *\v may be
- in place v/nen it arrives. "■
-CMVtJ
“'Vv'K/'
MEW JERSEY & PENNSYLVANIA «NTRAT!N3 WORKS
' - -
January’* 18 th., 1897
Penns
Phil a
of the briquettes Ship-
Regarding settlement
would like' Mr
that
nd decide whai
take the question
additional labor ate . on
’the, pig iron produced, if
LeVovt will be ant irely sa t-
jqditable price, - considering ar
3 hand, and also the extra value
Peckit t also satis •
we want Vj
ig.ular course
suppose
lament
until Feby 15th,
ineso
to good advantage now, would like if it
, would get paper' from either Crane Iron
soon as price is settled.
; ouid
Works
Yours very truly, . /
liFAV zm S PSriSYLVAMIA CQHCEtlTHATIKQ WO&I ' ■
Vice--?'*98
II1S1SI
.
fife':
February 2nd., 1897,
My dear Mr. Coats,
In my last letter T neglected to advise you as to the pi
sent financial condition of our company;* which I beg to state is
as follows, up to Feby 1st,, we have fully issued our former cap¬
ital of 20000 shares and we owe Mr. Edison 54 shares for money ad
vanced to be issued him out of the stock just authorized.
The 500 shares now offered you and Mr. Edison will come
out of the additional stock ( 2500 shares } just authorised- the
balance (1946 shares ) will remain in the treasury until needed.
On Feby 1st,, our liabilities were about $19900-, all
for merchandise,- and Mr. Edison has in bank cash enough to oovar
them- and. we will call on him for it as fast as our payments fall
due;- sp proceeds of the sale of 500 shares will all be spent to
increase capacity as stated in my last letter.
Yours very truly,
Vioe— Pres.
To Mr. Stuart A. Coati
i 345 Broadway,
N. Y, Oity.
’
ViiAv
.VRHU COteTIlftTlsa WffiKB.
Letterbook, LM-214
This letterbook covers the period March 1897-Januaiy 1898. Most of the
correspondence is by Edwin I. Olmsted, purchasing agent. There are also
letters by Walter S. Malloty, vice-president, and John F. Randolph, treasurer.
1 he documents deal mainly with equipment and supplies. One letter by Edison
describes the process of making briquettes. Another item contains a detailed
description of a briquette. Some letters deal with the use of respirators and
smoke protecters at the Ogden works, the commercial feasibility of expansion
into the Canadian market, and public relations regarding ore milling. The spine
is marked 13 and is labeled "From March - 19 - 1897 To Jan 31 - 1898
inclusive." The bottom of the spine is also marked "10." The book contains 996
numbered pages and an index. Approximately one percent of the book has
oeen turned.
squiring about
itoofe that is
Shelby Tube Cc hava in stock at
this make
:ubing
;hey oould make
VFcdnoss
6h*2’oyvili«, Ohio, and ship about
arid frith wall 1/8 irwh. or thicks
Klsrood Iv:
January 1'
ia<?£
:ia,3 Kc. Edison'
•ights
of sol Jing machine!
experience
Edison*
Edison says that Canada is handicap-
In a general *ay
.tior. bain;
■graphical
market
important e lemon1
aanore tally feasible to build
that it
smaller tonnagi
’re at
Yiee-
January 18th., 1898,
Mr. H. K. Campbell, Supt.,
Pennsylvania Steel Co,,
Staelton, Penna.
Dear Sir:-
V7e made briquettes with Resinate of Soda and and anthra¬
cite that stood a white heat, also that had a greater crushing
strength than charcoal, I have tried many resinates but they are
not soluable in any Contnercial liquid, Resinate of Iron is insol¬
uble in everything except boiling turpentine; - without you get
the Resinate disolved in something it will be hard to mix and
still use a small quantity, - our 1st. process was the mixing of
powdered Connellsville Coal with the ore & then baking the briq¬
uettes- this 'did very well A. can be made practicable, the briquette
after coking was strong * leaving out the Carbon assayed 81 per
cent metallic iron showing that in coking a large quantity had been
reduced to the metal He state- had they been baked longer & at
higher heat undoubtedly they would have been nearly all reduced .
-he Coal should be coking Coal & very fine- we packed
• j ♦. j,ium tbp briauettes cams cut* easy by
it in iron boxes ramming it down- the anq
tfu-Uftlxt P.HW this »ould •«»»»- *»» »•>»• K11" U“- *' **J
□hir a barren of concentrates to you- It ie bard to Rive direc
ions for .cakinR the Pesinatee- sod. R.einate should bo lib. sot
„w just jolly like. It has then scat »ul« coyoriny per, »
uiixinc irate r coos off t it become. very stick!- «• ""I
„„ too of the jelly n» lies*”**6 *“ '''
VV^wXtorW „ .
v A Vice— Prest
jjftrti&rj' 19th,, 18$8„
Gainesville, 3a,
to youre of the 18th. to Mr< JJtJisor, he Mats a-
y yet hut wish ttr ‘Bay ttt&t AftSil the «Ba«?sr at
Charlotte, »» G, say in gold tjjat *b
?ours very truly*
/ yioe^-Preat,
J anuary
handed your article
article held ap ■until spring as I want
anything
i fhs; orxquettoa t a fore is is published
;ovc I will retain
art 3
that
Edison
an
.January
sf Tsahr-olosy,
that
and bring-
linory . V
,-ill ‘have to take
Janua ry 26th , , 1898 ,
>y . Ponupo Min ing Co,
Be fchlehem,
Replying la your recent letter to Mr. Ed'
which h ua
Edison, JI,
Mr, Edison win sell his Ponupo stock and has aakacl Mr,
represent him in. the matter
Philadelphia, Pa
Ailing will no doubt communicate with you,
vety
jg^Ar{lAGOBOEKtRAtiaa,ft'Of
Vice'
Letterbook, LM-215
This letterbook covers the period February-May 1898. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the company, and
Edwin I. Olmsted, purchasing agent. The letters deal mainly with personnel
matters, operations at the Ogden works, equipment, and supplies. Some items
pertain to work for the New Jersey Zinc Co. in Franklin, New Jersey and to
Edison s interest in gold. There are also items relating to Edison’s health, the
purchase of a large flag for the West Orange laboratoiy, and an ore milling
exhibit at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The front cover is
labeled "New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.” The spine is
labeled "Letter Book E. I. Olmsted & W. S. Mallory from Feb 4 1898 to May
20 1898 inclusive." The bottom of the spine is stamped "5.” The book contains
501 numbered pages and an index. Less than 10 percent of the book has been
February 5th,, lags,
M”. H, X, 'lartzall,
Kiplich & Walnut Sfco.,
PUiia,, »»nna,
Doar 5ir:-
Replying to yours lot, which has beau forwarded from our
Kdiaon V«ia wo bee to aay that all our Brennan Crushers horn bona
sold ,
yours vn*y truly,
Vic a — Brest ,
February .I4th„, 1893,
Enclosed P'laasa find letter from Mr. Edison which trust
you win rma satisfactory- later or when we have had more exper¬
ience we will be glad to give you some figures to back up Mr.
Sdiscn’s letter,
V/o had shovel at work last week but was handling dirt so
’our months
which plot
rna il
your check promptl;
asth,
pnox,
sprocket
Jomoclat ion -xh
GoulgUj-
Fifth A‘/-‘
fteplyiAr %<> ?ohj‘s
waiting ilia ra fcwrtr). her«*
Mondays and at "Svdeoj
*,p4 Fi'i^a;
loth. l:
p^lnt!
roll a
rolls not being put on
and should you decide
to have built a sat for yon, dup-
’oyalty
intention
ioni'idantial
the market later -on, at higher price than
work in question, he will be glad
-Prest
Marofa loth., 1898,
Mr. Barclay 0. iterlng,
# 314 Real Estate Exchange ,
Buffalo, Nan York,
Replying to yours 7th. Vo beg to o&y that ve have all the
patterns from which our rolls are made and would o one laAh selling
If you will advise us as to the character of the material
you want to crush, the number of tons pe- day & etc,, - we will be
pleased to advise you which of our machines are best adapted, for
your Work- ou~ rolls owing to theijr large capacity costs l9as t.’ian
'he ordinary crushing rolls- when figurod as to output- both as to
first cost and repairs.
Yours very truly,
140
Mai* oh 28th., 1858,
My de nr Barchelor.i-
, On Mr. Edison’s return hors I find the brioker plant, will
not be ready to 3tart early this week as I had expected- Instead
of the mai i starting to make the ohnapes on Thursday as I had sup¬
posed, I find they will start today- so it wili bo .sons days yot
before 'plant will be in operation- I will advise you aa soon aa it
at arts ,
Your 3 very truly.
Mr, Ghas. Bare had or ,
rjt -s West 25th. St
and at
one box containing a mixture of iron
you desire to make a test of the separator.
from our experiments here we think you. will obtain the
best results, if you will arrange to run the roller feed from 24
to ao revolutions a mi nut o and «se six .18 Candle Power lamps •/.
(110 to 1XB volts* with -the magnets ™
Y.'e are having 100 pounds of concentrates especially
prepared sc it will be free from. dust, and have ordered 100 pounds
of white quartz and if you advise where you will have this shipped
we will be g- -a to forward it to you promptly.
you will note on the magnet frame that we have marked
in lead uancils the positions for the parting plates, also the
shelf holding magnet, and position of magnet upon the
.V ’
April 13t.h,
Vulcan Iron Works
Toledo,
Dear Si
>eplyii
•oh 23 rd we
nitside
past, thr
plant
to report.
tajce the
Crusher Plan'
come,
-t inp;
about which you wrote some-
turn the Vtil
ciacided
Alex Backus ~2_
chain will probaly prove ample for the work,
Y7s have as yet been unable to ret the pictures which yo
April 13th, 1893.
Messrs Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn .
Dear sirs:-
Yfe are in' receipt of yours 11th and have noted same
fully. Please suspend shipments of soft coal until we advise you
further, "/e are going to be delayed in the receipt of new plates
for our Giant3 and Intennediats rolls, so have coal enough to last
a long time, also suspend shipments of buckwheat coal until we
advise you again. Mr Edison has daoided not to start the Bricker
Plant until we can spare the men from the work now going on in C
Crusher Plant,
Mr Edison expects to be at the Mill Friday and Saturday
of this wock, also on the same days of next week.
The reason of the delay on Bricker Plant is as follows
Mr Edison allov/s us only so many men and if we start Bricker
Plant it will take away the best men we have from the work in ,
Crusher Plant, this being important, we have decided to push that
end "irst and as soon as we get it well in hand will start up
Pilling ^ Crane „2_
Ericlcer PI an t, which is already to start at any timev it
more men wo could do both, but are compelled to keep bur
within certain limits.
Yours very truly,
New Jersey h Pennsylvania
wa hid
pay t'olla
Con, Vfks
April 14th, 1898.
Mr Alex Backus Pres,,
Vulcan iron Works,
Toledo, Ohio.
Dear Sir:-
Y.'e are in receipt of yours 11th which we have full!
noted, also note Mr Russels letter relative to conversation betvra
Mr V\ J. Olcott and Clarence Moore in relation to our Vulcan Shot-
aim in reply we beg to state that the only parts of the Vulcan
shovel has thus far been broken are the teeth on the dipper and
the sprocket chain, otherwise, as far as we know, the shovel is
quite satisfactory. There seems to us, that there must be some
mistake regarding the conversation.
We beg herewith to return Mr Oloott ' s lotter.
You r s very t ruly ,
New Jersey ft Pei
iylvania Con. Wits.
April 14th, 1898,
Cuninfchom,
Yours 13th noted. Confirming telephone
that
suggest that when you pass the concent:
unde:
using one
reduce the strength
the mugwump
; gar ding Weans hous
Condon
that latte:
cm condit:
will, take roomers,
they will probably have quil
well under way
Your;
Pennsylvania Con,
A?> ril 14th, 189*.
iiniress Ass'f. Supt., A At ^TVv^'fe'
wa* "Vvm^JL* c^- fef C^jt~
Zex Jersey. wi W ^vX _
y?a have promised the "Electric Exposition Company of
City a car load of our crude material, averaging in
im six tons down to fifty pounds. , I wish you would
arrange to rick out s
tentative pieces for shipment :
it will arrive in New York about April 25th.
In picking out the pieces , please select the riohoat
you can find in iron, but do not go to any (treat expense in
gotting thorn. The material to be loaded on a flat car and to
•weigh about thirty- thousand to forty thousand pounds. I would
suggest that you send two pieces weighing 5 or 3 tons, two weigh
hen the balance of the material small
can beat find it. Please be
out will gcjiuOo tho hopper
827
April 18th, 1898,
Messrs Pilling & Cran<
Phi lade lphi,
Saturday Mr Edison met Nichols on the train, who told
him that Port Oram people had purchased Hamilton, Non-bessemer
Buffalo and that they hi
from Buffalo to Port Oram making the
delivered at Port Oram, Mr Edison has a curiosity to know how
the truth thi:
Nichols also told Mr Edi:
that anthracite coal cost
§2,40 delivered at the furnace and that Virgiijatdke cost §2,25
at the furnace, Mr Edison then asked him " what proportion of
coke they used11, Nichols replied " 25# ", Then Mr Edison asked
Nichols why they used the 75# of anthracite at a higher price
when they could get the coke at §2.25 and up to date Mr Nichols
satisfactory explanatii
Is it a feast that Virginia coke ci
Port Oram at §2.25. Nothing new at the Mill,
loaded down
sept that th<
328
MSltkte & CHinO
work is going along aa Past as wo ar'e afcie to set matarittic We-
at«e ;Jw1«e soma difficulty in getting matertal as fast as w<*
would lito it,
Yours vayy kruly»
Ndw Jet *fl»y & Pennsylvania Ctaetc- 'fflfeaf.
« Pillihr
Ap-f'H sf6t»
••thilsdelr hi-i:,
P-?m„
■2)9&v ..fiLscr:-
3»« *i» ia ressipt s? yours 19th, which hau bean .Ck11->*
jsaaaidaarabls interest, as bs felt that
"the trRiess jHUiX&ti &r'«i-chols could not be cot-reet.
•JSp'3S*Ciaon poss-to -«sa 13411 to-inomitr and v;ill be' g-latf.
-se* 3Kmr .»« -S.atuydajr , Nothing, Hotfavar-, will, to- in-,
oparatijjn ..on Xufifi tbyr*
May 1st, 1G9G
Mr Robert H. Richards,
Massachusetts Institute Technology,
Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir:-
We herewith enclose you your HSS oovering our concentrating
Plant which has been corrected by Mr Edison.
Yours very truly.
Mt William H. Noyes,
154 ElrBt Street,
Newark, N.,T.
May 3rd, 1098
Dear Sir:-
Collflrming verbal order please ereot for ue oil top of Edison
Laboratory one 45 foot flag pole ,whioh is to be complete with 6 9 Gilt
wooden ball, 6" sheave with ropes ,with iron braces and to be seourely
fastened to our roof, and you guaranteeing the pole to be strong enough
to carry a flag 14' x 38', also that you will fasten it to the roof in
such a manner that it will oarry the flag mentioned. The pole is to be
painted before being erected, and also to receive one coat of ,paint after
being putcin plaoe.
We understand that you will ereot same tomorrow provided
weather will permit. : Price for the above to be §40.00
Yours very truly.
Hew Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks
426
May 6th, 1098.
}&■ Fred Andreas Aas't Supt.,
Edison,
Hew Jersey.
Dear Slrr-
It may he of interest to you and the other hoys to know that
the largest of the rooks you shipped the Eleotrioal Exposition Company
has not been put with the iron ore exhibit inside the building. The
Madison Square Garden people refusing to let it go in on accounts of
its weight.
It stands at the Main Entrance and has a sign in large letters
over it, something like the following * IRON ORE; ROCK, WEIGHT 160 00 POUNDS
THIS SIZEnROCK CRUSHED BY THEl GIANT ROLLS AT EDISON, N. J.AHD REDUCED TG
POWDER. THE IRON ORE I Sr SEPARATED BY THOMAS A. EDISON »S MAGNETIC ORE
SEPARATOR. SEE WORKING MODEL INSIDE"
The rock is so plaoed that every one going in or coming out
of the Garden must see it and it is attracting a great deal of at tent if/::
and the universal opinion, is; that we are unable to crush so large a ?<. ...
however, last night as I was coming out of the building ; oar three
j&g&flf 3t&0t t au»e being perhaps la
' 8M Jfflft ? 8 nU is MS? * 9$ STfN* Mi-oon oan entflh a rook that
size1* he /dpfrH m fakir ahd don't have to put
Mi ikfo WfyiH# # PW \>fi of
Prof. Robert H. Hiohards,
Haas, Institute Tochnolgy,
Boston. Hass,
Dear sir:-
Replying to yours 9th we beg to state that as far as we
oan tell now It would be alright for you torause the raanusorlpt covering
our Concentrating WorXs in August of this year.
Yours very truly,
Hew jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks
450
May 11th, 1898
Messrs Pilling & on
Philadelphia,
We are in receipt of yours 9th enolosing analysis of
ooneentrates sent Mr peokltt. The resultri, while disappointing to us,
is not surprising ao we knev ;hat the iron was low and phosphorous high
the dust apparatus not doing as effeetive worn it did before change
was made ,and consequently the concentrates are not as free from dust
as before. As already advised you, hr Edison in his work on the gold,
problem has obtained some very fine results in separating the dust
from the larger particles, thio change we are making at preattit in the
Edison Plant. We feel confident that the next run we will get the
iron a ereat dola higher and the phosphorous very,moh lower than ever
before. We know from all our tests that the concentrate, must be free
from dust to get the phosphorous down.
Yours very truly,
Hew-Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. WKs
468
May 18th, 1898.
Messrs Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sirs:-
We beg to confirm telegram sent you this morning as follows
'•Mr Edison will not ho at Mill to-morrow". Mr Edison was under the
weather all day yesterday and does not feel up to the mart to-day, so
decided to delay his trip to the Mill until sometime next wee*.
Day before yesterday he was experimenting with some ohemicals,
the fumes from which gave him a very had headache and upset his stomach
We thin* ho will he alright to-morrow.
Yours very truly,
Hew Jersey and Pennsylvania Con. VJKs
V.P.
-.-.Lpt or yours 14th, which we have fully noted, Wo are
f : /U ht Kr Kdison foel3 finite like himself again. We do
tft.j-wr- c^,.. thi3 Wf,nlr }lf, -7111 go to the Kill, will adbise you
A^svrJ^- am ,
Yours very truly,
he?,- jersey & Pennsylvania Con.
)A j: %~ee»y .
484
May 18th, 1898.
Mr Henry C, Deming,
15 North 3rd Street,
Harrisburg , Penn,
Dear Sir:-
Replfring to yours 13th whioh 1 have fully noted I beg to state
that I will only he too glad to join Mr Edison when he goes South, hut
am afraid ray work will keep me here. Have a^in spoken to Mr Edison rela
tive to your property and he has again said he will not consider any other
properties until he is through with the Ortiz Mine Grant.
I have written our Hill people to send you 10 ot 80 pounds
of the Graphite rook as requested,
Yours very truly,
new jersey & Pe nnsylvanla Oou. Wks
V.P.
May 18th, 1898.
to Guningham,
Edison,
New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
Please ship Henry c Deiaing, 16 North 3rd street, Harrisburg ,
Penn, hy express ohargoB collect , about ten or fifteen pounds of the
Graphite rook whioh Searah found.
Yours vdry truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania con. WJcs.
Letterbook, LM-216
This letterbook covers the period April-August 1893 Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Malloy, vice-president of the
F°dkna"yrTheir- f tGrS rC,ate t0 equiPment and supplies, building construction
written in ^eChlS(!tUfiSrn nand personntI matters- A11 of Edison’s letters are
*he band of Mallory, except for two concerning the purchase of
motors. Other items pertain to insurance on Edison’s life, Edison’s opinion of
^ICahnlga" ir°n..°re’ “d Property leased in Michigan for the possible erection
Phriri, °ne etter describes operations at the Edison
Phonograph Works m West Orange and the qualities desired in its
superintendent. The book contains 700 numbered pages and an index
Approximately 5 percent of the book has been filmed.
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Mr, W, H, Gray,
Detroit, Mieho,
Dear eirl-
On July 1st we should have sent you a check for
one quarter rant on Spurr property, to July lat Mr, Ediaon
end the others have gone carefully over the matter, end have con¬
cluded that owing to the iasnense amount of money already spent and
to ha epent in the nssrt sir. months, on oui> experimental work here,
and also to the denoralixed ctata cf the iron market and tha un¬
certain future an to any higher pricet, that ws are not warranted
in paying out, any royalty at present.
Be have however, the following proposition to
make to youo ¥3 will send you a check for § 374,00 covering
valance due on Mr, Wilson's salary, and we will pay nia salary
from March 1st 893. at $ life') ,00 per year, and also pay the taxes
and insurance on Spurs? property, and agree that when we build at
the spurr jtbai we will pay you the back royalty due fr-v March
Sth "93, which you now rebate. We will also agree that this
arrangement is to hold ois*y till July 1st »?5. and if we do net
is- ild hsofre that time, w« wiSi either abandon the property or
Youro 19th is at hand, amd is fully noted!-*
Enclosed please find lease properly signed, this should have been h
sent yon before, but was put in safe and forgotten, also copy of#
letter referred to in tains 17th inst. which explains itself fully, iE
I can add nothing to it, except that other people of whom V- we
have asked the same, have done as we have asked>I would also
suggeiJt that if you or any og the -Spurr people get to New York,
that you torvange to either call here at Orange and see Mr. Edison,
or go to our works , and see what we are doing » we will be glad
to see you Ohd go over the matter ihlly with you. Drop me a line
before if you eerne.
Yours very truly.
476
26th, *934
M,'« -« S. ParTyac,
Now York*
Your telephone massdige about Mahoning Rolling Will e
Oo. 5 fall/ noted, 1 wish you would try and get a repbrt from both
D'Wi * fil"ad3tj,eet on them tb date? any of the dealers will get them
for you and you can send ue copy.
Yours very trui^,
\AiOvm)JU^v
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2
t r < M-»# « that* people have agm-ed to .'seme proposition aa mads you.
I witsh somebody from your company would
sftl'l Mi us hero,* and I am sure that, you would have more eonfi .low-
in tts, and t;v. -.feisairesa, after you had. looked over lihat we are
doing here c Wi s figure on yon as partners in this business and
merely you to wait with ua»
On Mr. Bdis oftfi return 1 will nqfrfegy you
officially.
Yours very truly,
494
July 27th., '93.
M*. Jidsion reports that on the first
contract made with Gardner that yw 'report j that the copy ynu have.
♦licf3 not sgreo with that* hold by Gardner, and that the contract
is all Vixed tit? will you please advius ita Whether yah hold one
the originals of 'a copy, the original e \Ve re compared he de, While
copies were made at Sdiaon, aa JftAMrth see ext&ot 01# letter
5th * Enclose please find contract made with George T* Gardner
for large and small c welter hodlies, illso specification of which
{ contract and specification) ^*ase wake oopy and returrn^to us
here^haVing original put on record at proper place*, ftt t we Wieli to
learn is whether error was made herew or at Edison.
Iftgardihg payment, Mr. Edison reports
framing for all up and a goc^portion of framing for
small crusher house complete, so that you are safe in paying Sard-
the balance of. the first third, of course, getting proper- releaa
Yo-(\ps very truly,
r-i'V
P'i-i.tsdelphia, Pa.
FJeaa© ascertain the exae-t freight rates paid by
to Pittsburgh, Ha rri sburg , Scranton and Tr6yv
Also freight rates on Coal and -Coke from both fields,,
Harrisburg, Sparrow Point, Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Scranton,
Ov a -ujua and Midvale. I want to get cost position of the fn;*>
relation to Coke and Coni. Also costs of Coal and poke
v; nines m4 car freights on oro fran Buffalo to .Harrisburg,
JoiiviMtoviti, -'Vinton and other furnace points in valleys.
Yours truly,
'B M. Clapp,
Replying, to yours of the jilt.
thickness- or
niata-ial- . or state whether thoy are op 94 or fevered- --a* avaunt
7fov.'itl have to be iriade by rail 1 fear that putting the tanks into
shipping shape by cutting the rivets out would jCost 30 much that
the tanks would not be cheap to me alien re- erected- '—-have you
any Idea of what such cost would be?
ry truly,
0. Frick, Tra;
Mahoning Rolling Mill Co.
Danville, fa.
Replying to yoim of the 31st nlt», wo’ild say that we
have no objection tD the change yovl have .made in the location
sf cores in the webs of the roll edihtres for the giant roll s *
Iho spacing aa -shown by oar drawing# was for a purpose but i-f the
shange will help you in any way wo will be glad fo consent to yoai
Years truly.
aro'irre v*vy 'tjti ay.
Geo % e -M, ciapr,
#4 Conrfaarid'st-
;}» tanks and he
Yours vei>y
Letterbook, LM-217
This letterbook covers the period August-September 1893. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the
company. All but one of Edison’s letters are written in the hand of Mallory.
The letters relate to personnel matters, building renovations, equipment, and
supplies. Some items pertain to the rebuilding of the narrow gauge railroad at
the Ogden works. Also included are specifications, sent to prospective
contractors, for the bricking machinery (one example has been filmed). The
book contains 706 numbered pages and an index. Less than 5 percent of the
book has been filmed.
94
Aug. JOtJi, r9 3*
Mr. W. S. Mallory,
Buena Part:, Ill ,
Dear Si?:-
By the carbon ccpies which you have been receiving
you have, no doubt, notioed that I have not boon abld to place
order for Corliss Cylinder. The prices made by- the various part¬
ies are all more than we have calculated to pay. The lowest
figure we have is from the South Brooklyn Steam Engine Wo -ks
;|2400; the next from Wetherell, $280Q,’ the next from Remington,
';53o0; 3,1(1 after sane dickering Harris agrees to make cylinder
from his patterns for $4000. i have written all these parties
asking them to bid on cylinder made from their patterns both with
and without .jacket, as I would like to get this price down to a**
below $2,000. I am afraid we are going to get stuck a little bit
on this engine but if we can get cylinder for $2,000 it wil} only
be about two o" three hundred dollars oyer what the engine would
have coat U3 had we. let Briggs make the cylinder and la satis*
i'ied that y/s will have a much better job by doing it the Way we
o1*9' lst t&0 Patterns for the various parts to South fcrboklyn
Steam Engine Works as they were the Ipwaot bidders and we»$ anxious
for the work. I have a bid fron the Dallett Iron Co., of 1 S/lo
£ per lb. for the castings fo~ Stock House Spcruts and think 1
shall place order for same either to-day or to-morrow.
1 313 about finishing up the drawings for the three
high roll nnd will send out for bids on patterns to-morrow.
The blue prints for the stack are not yet completed and a3 soon
;as'they are I shall send for bids. 1 think I shall place the
foldings for the brisker to-day. X think. t to orde" will go to
Sizer who bid 4/ per lb. for the shafts and 8/ per lb. for the
bolts and nuts f.o.b. cars Orange, B. J, and can ship middle of
next week. Thi3 rate to Orange of course is a mistake and can
be easily rectified. ’
You can tell Mr. Edison if you want but I should consider-
the matter before I told him if 1 were you that Thomas reports
that the man Walker who ws sent there i3 i\9 good and doQB not
understand bis business, this, of course, remains to be se^n but
Coni is not of the same opinion. Although he says that Walker
95
d °f° 'ftot ,ta5ts ho^ ** he would jike bo dee him* 1 thihk howeve-
-that there is some feeling in the matter but ihat before 1ftaka» ''
•lias been -t'tero Jong He will U able V6 proVe to tie that ha de<*t
tindbra^n hia -business. EiferVthfhg is goin£ aiohg first ra+e
hare ajicl gJonlwy -rdf orbs tilings iVi good chape at the mine.
I be£tn fowd tliat trs are nok getting pfetty nearly
finished as if bothers me aem&what t.0 find work xp keep th? gang
going and -I 'dll too doubt lay off one or tv/o of the- boys ^the -
this week or next, as 1 Will not be able bo use all of tl»m afte~
th:t tiae.
■3. tn*ofe yim the othdf fight from Newark regaining the
dnro" boxes .-and wn expecting a telegram from yon stating Hr. '
Edison s vibsft hn the subject. 1 woiftd no t feel’ safe in going-
ahead with tlife -in o~q piece fnleas Mr. Edison instructed
me to do so, as 3, feel that wo will have mom of less trouble
with it -an. as<}f,unt its size dne to expansion andcontrdetionk fhs
box dpsw -strt Jock laage on tfo drawing, nei ther does it seem large
when •ySfi'^ea k of ns being 8! square but when you sea the pat-
-teita I an nader the impression that yqn would drop doad. It is
yery nearly la-gb- enough fo>* a and- 1 think Cor ay all la fight
when lie B3r3,-iia.t it is a pretty good rur). for one inch of metal-- 1
ma afraid fcheit the swell fn die castings would far exceed the sif-
limit ^Gdcli wS Sattve made. I hopq that Ur. .Edison will agree
to phann? •Jrtiis -ah-d dnoambch as flallott -has requested the change
we,of .cpjh&p. assn saye ottfsalyes by making a good rigid spepifi-
c attion wil 1x51 ding tj}^ right up to iij, ? think that the price
can be cut easily *0 \ VW per lb. bol-ted together, as he crop¬
ped ojff his .own -ajJb^d ^1/10/ gh 4 1 think 1 can push him dotm.one
mors, There a~9 P^gh good points I -think in the construction
'f this box and pieces to warrant f|a po aj}0-/ them to make the
change. »f Vff$U drawings showing JUflt ejc-rtly-
hovr we want tfe bo# mnd^i and v/ouid expect them to [e«M them in
a ccordance. ^
•y £<£'40$^^
tAiig. 19 th, '9b,
Ur. W. 3. Mallory,
Da a” Sir:-
We Dave repeivdd Mr-. Sdison'3 telegram. Advising
chahge in construction of dryer box* As soon as 1 wrote yqi 1
ir> strop ted the men to make the change in ana wings of thi a dryer
boo? and now have all changes made so that as soon, ad Dallett d -ops
to •’l 3/l'i , which I have tpld him jbur price ? Will forward,
hiP) th® blue print and begin to pu3h him Ibr deliver of these,
hcutesi, % have not been able to place order for* Corliss Cylinder
but shall no doabt, close Monday or Tuesday* We will have td- pay
for this about $2400 which is the lowest bid avq have received,
being bid of Wetherell of Chester from cylinder of hip own pattern.
I am sending to him for a blue print of thiso'ylinder and should |
1' receive it will close the matter.
YoUrs yery truly,
Enclosed please find tv/p letters, one from Pilling and one from
Co>; , which please hand to Mr. Edison*
167
Aug. 22nd,. *93
Mr. Vh $. M^ilory,
Buena Parte, Ill-
Bear Siri-
I received your telegrapg this ^.f,U with, advice
of Ur. 'Edison Concerning the placing of order for cylinder, also
note that yto -will he home on Friday. Before f.- received Vau;r
telegram I had wired yoh 'regarding the payment of Briggs i'qr the
engine. I am expecting a talegrajn from you regarding same,.
I have closed up the matter with <5or'eyell of the ballott >
Iroh Co., to make boxes- ih -sections delivered to us bolted together
for 1 S5/PQ0 ot s, par lh. or $33- pSr ton ahi he protciees to cow^
jpunc e Shipment next *sek»
Regarding the Cort isa 'Engine -OylirtdB’1 the following ia a
statanent of tho way the matter stands.
frdek 'tty. cylinder <jf onr pattern $4CIOQ, time 45 days,
IVethersll * * * ?2'360, po time 3p»cified.
Harris, would not bid on our pattern but quotes us ^40oijh f btv,
cylinder with Jacket and #35 QO cylinder without Jacket o-£
pattern* time 30 days.
So. Brooklyn Steaa Sbgfne Works, cylinder of our pattern
§2395, time 43 days.
Remington pylinder -of our pattern, time 90 days,
Hampaon §3300 cylinder .pur pattern, t ina 1$ days-
Remington' 3 superintendent has been her?! tP-4£y and ha has agreed
to cut their price to $2600 tot wifi pot cpvq r bis 9b daya by
forfeiture . South Brooklyn is the lowest and I ahp.ll no doubt,
pi ce order with them tomorrow. I hqvo just telephoned them
asking them if they would coyep their gbrantde pjf forfeiture and
they promised to wire me their reply thi 3 afH^OPOn. They stated
by tel op hone that they thought they- vvould b? Willing ,t o stand for¬
feiture.
1 had Ckmley on the telephone tp»day and hq tells nja that
the Eist Coast roofing is no good as the asphalt slides off op
the psper and burlap and where it has been exposed tp tfoa sup for
a week or so the asphalt and sand is aj 1 loose and h3 ip yqrj? muph
168
VfajMfU 33}
'Opposed to 3?’J t. tinfe ' «n any mope of it. J. haye written to the Kast
$Jo,, asking them to stop shipment until they are in
receipt of further notice iron, us apd X think it would, pe
-to stop the Tiso of thi-s '■•oofing. Yon recollect, no doiibt, that
at the Vime we were looking into the matter of roofing some of .
the rOofing people 'told us not to use the Kast Coast dhd Mr. Con-
.layts complaint simply 'corroborates- what they said. Cohlay is
-MalMSife me for the water pipe and the K. J-?°n fish platas.etfr
tft ItfiifSa tl* -toine railroads, X have drawings ready and will send
fiftt ik-db at okce on the 'frogs, swatches.
-I’-Hyasa talk with ShH, Bdison concerning this matter of,
roofing Iffl. t/l-re ms at Shoe what to do. You might state to J«r.
&al-$bk accidentally that 'tonlo’Y Informs me tint ho has Just found
-another ntreak of good ore on the -Ogden atobiH 18* aide that runs
* told Conley that I thought the bbat thing he colid
40 t^cnad %5't® tswod --oat two or three satin probed btirtg' ifi the woods-
dip s«o JLf they .could not find ‘-a vein of bricketta.
Yours
a ug. 23rd, ' 33,
Mr. „a*ylTi Bridge,
2S Broadway, ’N.Y*
Saar -Sir*-
*” !'®"s Si"“M »” «>■• ». s. Tarry , troosurp,.,
« IW*. y„rfc to „to. rttl, yott ^ aoccwt of p>tI. of
^*“ ***■«• — »* T.vr i„ „„
W ,h** «* « ■<«. t« MU. •
-her .* tt™.*«oh „ of sUpns]B
" .» to »r«M „„ 4.Uji ivu(as4_
TrepaMBB Tor this toCim „ten
and .«w «, „ TO OT nts t„a ,ol4 ^ „ ,* ^ ^
to h..e Wo., of awSoe «M-reod wrtil fooo jjaMoas ml.,
e wools revest, «»ror5j«, that y>d alloiiTO to l.pyo anslai
ia Tot* ’the Troaort aid »b fain advire you to ship it
at the .«*« «>*«. '—At. ». tu. ■«, ,** W «
longer than t«p mm utQn „ an „.dy a„ s^„
Thsohioa .yoi In advance ipr -the fprprt
W9 ar,,
V9or tmr.
194
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Aug. £4th, '9b*
Mr. 0. J. Coni sy,
Edison, N.J.
Dea r Sir:-
Wq are sanding you by express two blue prints A
1081 , showing oorliss angina foundAtion finish® 4 up in suoji
a wanner aa will unable Joli to go ahead with the rorR. Shis
foundation is noir oonipl etS, excepting the cVlinder end oi' left
hand engine -of pair. Vs wi 21 give you detail fortius in a few
dav3. We have advised Briggs to shij? foundation stones, bolts
and washers immediately and have advised him to trace dldpir.Jrit
and keep us fully posted as r.o same bo that we ean h4V3 Olivary
at the earliest possible moment- We do not t^k further instruct
tions necessary as our drawings together with tfc iq and Mu? prints-
will, no doubt, give you all the inforaptipn you require*
Yours very tmiy,
Aug. 28 th, '93
Messrs, Thomas Carlin's Sons, '
All egheny, Pa.
Dear Sirs:- j
Replying to yours of the 15th would state that the
locomotive mentioned as #34 on your stick list is somewhat haavie
than what v/e need for our work . our ideas at present are to not
huy locomotives weighing over ten or twelve tons. If ycu have
anything that comes within those limits you might advise us fully
regaling same. V/e note your canraents on rails and we are in
the market for about 200 tons of 50 or dO lb., rails delivered at
Edison, N. J.
Yours very truly,
Aug. SStlv '9u.
Mr. Bdgir S. ops dyke,
Edison,
©ear Siri-
Mr. Edison is ’axpe c't-ed back from Chicago about
September o^d or 4th and b-eforp 1\ left him he gsked me if l would
arrange to have the report for August, gotten out At. the very earli¬
est possible moment so J wish that you would arrange this and if
yoti need any help on it piehse gp to ¥r* (Spnley and Ask him to
provide some, for you* It is vdiy necessary that we have tJaia
promptly so that v/a may .be ablo to depid^ on apiae plans that ws
are talking on now.
Your 3 vory tmtly,
J <* (
Aug. 29th,
'93.
-r, 0. J. Cord ey,
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 29th giving ms the numberof feet of 8" anti
10" pipe necessary, is at hand and fully noted. We have already
oUr inquiries out on 8" and 10" pipe and no doubt will be able to
Place order in a very few days. We skill endeavor to find same
in stock .;o shipment can be m ida at once. Regarding the number
of feet of rails required to lay the railroad as now designed,
would state that we are unable to tell from your letter whither
you want 30800 feet or 30800 feet. V/e presume that the latter
number is correct. V/e would suggest tliat in so important a matter
as dimensions that hereafter the letters be so written that no
mistake of this sort could come up.
On 30,000 feet of 50 lb. rails it will be necessary to buy about
200 tons of rails, which at present prices vill amount some whs re in
the neighborhood of five or six thousand dollars. Kindly advise
me by return mail what is the very smallest quantity that we could
get along with at present, of course v/e could put down now the
track necessary to operate ns at first and the balance later. In
the meantime 1 will v/rite Mr. Edison and find out whether he
wishes to purchase the entire quantity at present, but I am quite
sure that he does not want to spend the money unless it is absolute
ly'-neoessary. We note your comments on castings for dryer and
would say that, we are pushing same all that we can. The delay
came, as you no doubt are aware oweing to the change being made of
bolting the boxes instead of casting them' in one piece.
Yours very truly,
P. 3. Since writing the above have had your telephone message
and now await your list of 40 lb. -ails and the least possible
quantity you ooul d get along with.
Mr* .a* ?■>
.^isoa>,TS»
•®8oy^ the -Kith vegaSKiinS track ia at liana ana
strata :My ,udt«u-wfc»as4i.*a 41*. Salmon of wluxt you »ai-a «-
Ga«iinB -tte rails and am dure that it will meet with His a»*>val
tm tzousarav, £*ll *o state the writer -a? feet of 4p Ah. +&ils t*a
vffla 1)2 nepessary for Itibe "Srasoas,. 3£iha ly Bivo ./>© this ini on
ion as am qe V°sMe, ** stoPU) did not d°
yours very tw.Jy,
any aanja-se^,
Sept, an*,
Mr. W, S, perry , ' ■
New York.
Dear girt-
Rega ruing the rails on which yon are getting prii
Mr. RUiscm suggests that the He ^ York 'Aqueauot people had <
quantity of 40 io 50 3 b, 'pail's and that possibly we might ■ be
to get. same of them, at a lov; price* ho y<wi know anybody c
od with these works and .jLf so will Jr oh t^y tb find otfi whet*
they ' have any rails for sal elf
tfortfb very tMltf,
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Mi*. 0. J. cartiay,
Edistm, N.J.
hear Sir**- .
As per telephon-a mass Age wcfalu say that Ur, Bdison
cvv
thinks t.-io itatt the machinery will soon cdnuehca to eod;e inytliat
we' shoo.' c. have some competent person. at the mill examipie it^ae it
is bein ; anloadedytb see that it is, as per blue prints, A
great as al of the machinery •that we are buying m have arranged
for at f o ranch par portnd .ind^of o ours a we want- somebody to see
that t.ha pieces are n<>n craning heavy., yo- ±h»tai)fce taka the plates
in the 'dryer* These at4e ordered *. certain thickness bni if the
foundry -is making them thlckonyrf coftrse^ it will mm the' weight
way up-
We trust that you' will t ake this matter up at once aha
arrange so that we -will be able to get a good' check £>f all goods
received.
S'-'
'ffj
yours very truly,
ken ns aery truly,
Mr. o. J. conley,
sal son, N, y.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to yours of the :5th ••egardlng the IcMndatibns
of Corliss and McIntosh engines would -state that as fax' as tile
Corliss engine is concerned the height -of the ti-uss of the sngind
house will not permit of its being Taisad two fde'tw lAoVaoVar
M»*« Bdison thinks that tin e us ins is so heavjf Ami on account of
thek&ww-jfc it had better ha kept as near the ground sis pbsdible,
consequently you will iaake the pit as the vJ)3Ue prints Specify* ,
He also says that he had decided 3®^ syPhbnlHffii' blJ lli*?*****^
down into the big pit in c bunaatian with the tunnel .and so always
draw off the water dom^n^the level of 't ha -urine a»u -by this i^uaha1
always keep the water -«jilWgTte loved of -tte various pits.
There is no objec:ion to -rinsing ‘the fcrunaation of the Mack, two
feet oi’ more. The depth of tte’s»y=>s**j*rf* pits depend entirely
upon the location of the engini^jdhd "we would ask that you take
this matter up wither. Edison aSad^B^* S’helps whan they are with
you Saturday next*
The Bast icoaat 'people ana -to famish and -superintend “the
layigg of the roofing <m the #4 Stonk ^oUss, ani they are also to
repair all the otter roofs now'fcoverad difh ih-fei t* material .
We have asked that the mate rial he slapped at once and have no
doubt that ycu will have it hy^ao»d«y next-.
504
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c. ran <;ht amor; who lays out a ‘boil ding can more
j i, i-ibar than any dither person, perhaps, bit
•o all liable to make mistakes .ana do wake
u>vi inasmuch -as vie arte, all working 1‘br1 the
on" ;<iin<;' rivet’ the drawings together with
.nti comparing the same would-be a valuable
necessitate that 'you look carefully into
s building and would invariable, ve believe,
.0 aoru tanning of the urawing»* Regarding
U say that the old stoes is about u*aa up,
ocesaary to use new a tod:., We > think it
la to us to use material from our saw-mills
r than purchase yellow pine, 'fherefpre i;
«;.l we i hall specify so naky pieces for p races
should have mentioned 10 & 11 instead of 9
t that the boxes for the dryer have not .rat
. that is. in the order they Simula be erected
i.; per instructions regarding this but oving
fr.e>’ ..h> would ba impossible, however as
•ing have mad.-; a considerable toncea-
;; ,!ve to :;sr.r with them mil await the bo,-.es.
•tljiy i,;. at they would make shipment this week
rach will iliow you to prdcosu.
They will however e.-»iv; iri -mi
Regarding hi w-i cannot, #% y '-ny'
stand on thin point. Wo will
t; art ding 26 th? writer replied i
of t lie’ 1st. to Mr. Mallory and
concerning if. although e cars
,ime for contractor to finisn.
; as Mr. -Bdlson has taken a
however, to help yon out. lie
lis iiuestipn tun your letter
jsliave Mr, Mallory wrote you
it this time find copy of juis
ihe.t he wrote ana failea to
lory that this location was
•sntjoct to t>n;u an, for th-» present we woxUa tarry out the ola
R«6«Kiins of; the writer ipoka to lif, ’thomas about this
v'-*’ 1 0 - min0 soiufi time since and has also asked for both oj
v curse. If and Mr. Thomas over r.ho telephone. It appears that adj-ut
•ml ess wc- confirm everything in writing that no attention is paiu
to it. as before stated in tills letter we desire a sketch of
this engine. Regarding 32 we have no U.uunts to make fu-tiwr
tJiaii already rnsue. Regarding 37 :vo wild say that sufficient
bo.ita are ordered. 38, there is no all' i'efaru: a in the castings
for the 1/2" and 3/4? bearings. We have already placed order
Jo r 1000 of these bearings so that there •will he sufficient to
fill all retirement. Regarding the savins i)i finish of this
outsiao, this also is still in the barns of Mr. fidison, -lb,
these bolts have beer, ordered-. Rogaiolng difference s In hetftth
of A 1060 and A 1056 we would state that this thing is vehy. badly
mixed up. in the first place convo‘y-o>- aoes slot go in ivharo yoiV
have thought ft does. If you till look at section lino B B
of longitudinal section DJ) be tween a 1Q&0 ydtt will see wbfre
this conveyor goes, therefore this is not the di ffei'ence that you
speak- of. There is however, sen etTfiflc On this detail of soction
to wlilf.ii you refer. The dim&n.s’i'ons above the 8 x It) tie sluAtid
be 031 the right, hand side as followst 3 o/4^-25 A/WlO o/ici
S2--4--25 1/4--10 'o/^ — 311/4, making ll'* ll^ .and -on the XtfH
hand side 3 3/4—25 l/4«- lb* A'b 3^Vn&4fthg iV %1-+ 0#* the »#».
Tho drawings have bean changed acchj»dingl$. A 3054 'and it 1059
show the ve -tide heithgh iibfivo sill as 11* 'S**- t.<j which add ,3f
for the floor making 12" Shirt, noli Al'l-f* as jhJft -stated Regard-*
ing 0 107 wo replied *6 this, in Wiife of ty-astefrastih We will await
the arrival oi the tempi etas fyoft reffeV to.' tW fttHh)'i*
reply t' rieamv* aments -of section oi' cbnVefdV' we froltlfl reiW $oil
to A 105'.i on line D iD second floor 'showing hoighth o' lB'f 156* 9,f
and 2" floor making XI "* li* which. cnrr0spnnd3 with our figures
states. We will use trttrhp sy*» for 2-4" .cpnvuyoyjM a*f we toW
you by telephone a few days .since, which you hWP evidently for-
. got ten, your list of turnup pttJU'ayij which ye» sent hoye s;t)t« a
nvunbJ which is sufficient for 4li our' f$ti> .rt«8 to this w^iting^
666
V/e will ho waver i
Possible womrnt.
is" eSinJ « St° atTJd t0 y^' by X*** ^yoViSb^Iea
v0« in tL ? ‘S 51 ***** or tU.>ttipnnj».imiieya reported. on
them vith cast "V,. ' , * d we. Vctala &ivj you oraer to
™ — on ^eHis "m T^r^vi*10*
f or* the sans thin- • S ihsw f ° B ti)4r aiv inimuoci
them* B 100 ^ th> S “-'f th8 boxe? ** *» wil1 >™in
oti. yo,j i,a, , ,b " oox as 1,fc 'va® original intended find r.mer-
»%J?£&r.T£L; ££ 2* - — ST* X
“in *Te?ww"j t 1 •
* ®n 1077 *e should have made waiters 2x4. V. than*
i-1So«.nhord°rr9Cti?n* Reea«IiDS A 1953 and 1£53 tW
iv v boan ordaraci and you will receive them aims lime in
The only work you will he required to do in that
’j.ls. 1,0 put th?m together, cioinG possibl- some drill i„s
Ycmre very truly,
Letterbook, LM-218
This letterbook covers the period September-November 1893. Most of
the correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the
company. The letters deal mainly with personnel matters, company financial
obligations, building renovations, equipment, and supplies. There are two
letters in Edison’s hand describing his strategy for gaining control of the
market for iron ore. Other items relate to Edison’s interest in rail freight rates,
international marketing, and industrial record keeping. The spine is stamped
"Letters" and is labeled "#1 Sept. 29, 1893. To Nov. 15, 1893." The book
contains 703 numbered pages and an index. Less than 10 percent of the book
has been filmed.
21
s#!>*. B8th, '93.
laifiti p» cd.,
Biltitabwi, Md.
Eaaroifcai*
Will yen H£ri<ily give ue Vys yc&tty A-ajagth md average
idaqMto -ef -ttya PAr'd contawg sls^ge apdd tar W Wfy *» way
^ a$, *Jto> ^nanti-ijy ytfu Iga/e* AstioDU as *e Itflaa* from you
rpg^f^ng tftfs, 'Y» wjll write ytm iferther.
y»« T/ary truly ,
H.rf. & Pa. con. Whs.-
«?*)»*. 2H/i| *39.
Mr. W. Par-y,
MflW York.
Deal* sir*: —
Rnciflaed piaaae find memorandum 6f expensed a?
turn trip to Chicago Aa per agreement with Mr. R^aon tfwn which
I ha v« aJrgady adYiaaa you. I stopped in Baltimore to see the
Ma»in F.&ritpi&)r> co. , rep-aiuing sludge acid tar.
YPV oan either send me * (;teoJc or hand mo the currency
the first time I am in the' city, as you prefar.
Yours vary’- truly,
Soft. 30th, ra^
;' iP* f-i H.
13484 O i,, , ^chea-toiu, M,y,
Diift- Si*:
****** *M»*» f)J to* «n «*** th4t to. i:4^,
^ ***n * *w ^ *, ^ fpp;, ^
ep m\ M 1)M W* a? yfi WM mvmm wmjfrB V>* »uMn^
***' *im W*WW ■**,. .*, *iU not ^
ftiWfcMnij SjptSa efps$ral Dwsi-j^# tfhan&as -suwafchat.
***** ^ *°** ** h8 ** ***$? to tolft th* matter .up *a aaV.i-aa
W «n& KiVfl ^oa i*n i»pp*>”fcnnity to neat .hiia.
TTpwrai very truly.
Oot , 2nd, '9’i.
Mr. Jacob Re*J8fl,
4oo ohfcl'atrmt ;>t., T’hilatfalphia, fa.
Ddar Si';:A
rtaplyinG t6 yoiirs of the -SD-th tilt, would. state that of
omirao (she hemitita could be heated in -a reducing atmoapha-e and
-tnada magnetic, but usd ally this does no goot^-as th« oxide ia tpo
in-T.ywt$yy mixed with the gangs. If ■y.o-ur object ip tp get tho- iron
Jjra* phosphate roclt it pod Sibla might be aone -in certain kinds
of rock.
Send me a sample add 1 will see what can ba done.
tod fa oery truly*
i^trv. CL,
N. J. & pat. Cdiir* Is
Oct. 3rd, *93.
Mr. \7. 3. Parry,
Maw York.
Dear sir;—
Ttowived *wn» of the 2nd Ohcjo.sjng cW qf ?^ter fro-:
Acme coal co. W would gta<ft tj>4* Mr. $14»«n ^ the analy¬
sis as «iyjm shows vary g/jojl Jugf ag gpon as c.ha **11
starts up Vg ar* po^ng to t§M ^orqg of 4t *n} gea if >ve can ns a
the slack.
Yours very truly,
6
i
Mr. v, s. Parry*
N6vr YforJc.
Eaar sir:-
, *”a tto «.ati„e of
“ “* °M «" *' ““ - - =Ho,m «,. Mison.
VrAmtm «?*«. ttr. *H,on ,v, «m „„ rtlI „u. ^
” *** «>•»■« too »aoli;lor S500 t.„
<*-.«*, pcm avt tb. «„a* cru.h,-
W“r' V *““*> « •»« .a*
»**™-'&g.j§eguiim'0tlK'lh thi
“** f,f‘"n '’0°” W'*’ *«- tt*»t «w oondition^
VpjU.p* very, truly,
\At3/v\a^£^
G«n«V4l Solicitor* Phiiaaelphia *. Saadi*-!*' ob.
iar/ SO. ith St.* Phliau.tlphia ,->d.
Dai* SI*:-
Ra¥>3tfi«g to yuara nT the gnd rsea>siing leaae oi' t>h*
TJ»»Y»!Uft County Tr-on p noparty, why pould np* dopl-ib atea pf u»t
J*n* laaaa he made alts ring thsj^ounta and pa t ea and eanc.el.1 ins
^*le ^e^ae? Would this not Ppvpi’tjlp poin$ yop ma^a d.bapt th*
««ipnaijPri^if t]r>'l new 1 pass 4s dated from Doc ember next?
if thip itf aatieiacto'ry -jjlaaas have duplicatda oi the
prpgpnt ieeee i0ad<* ana I will have them executed,
Vr?ura vit*y truly, i - - - "
M&qS***
6.1* f £e*jb^'> Oj^-fiAA, «*wvt^C
i*> \9 0t% V C^OAA. Ifc?'
10
tm. 4,
’9».
Nwwa-k Rvarting.imws,
.N*«ravfc, M. ,t.
Gentleman:-
Plaasa insert the following, two lianas, rendering isfeia
for same Jjpre,
"Wdntad: Ttypn^y-fiva carpantars at oncej wages J2 p»r-
day^ 30 hour*; no strike; Apply witji tools to Eai3on, M. j. fHfekc
Krafaige jV«sn«h of C. R. R. of N. J. ) "
New Jersey f. Penn, content rating Vta-rica-
yours
II/M/vCa-
flth, '93.
tftfcbhi «. «JU
«r. Sdlf OA in looking ovar afeest of g8pt. 3Qth aakaa ™
^ei in 1119 ** rat plac9 ha vrtjin^s to
S^rSyTS ^tl SffLS^*y! *? **? ***/*>«* now 3WL„
qt tiaT’.t *!* 0 r’a9*va Wrt th?n w» i»ec5»ivff
45K^^4L£k2^?r ^ 9 tha^ h9 liicfi to havo
He **SP wi«U08 to Jtnom
■» ^IlT! v M and the- 'ltvtfn faborara on
mj TJ3fcr^T" a* ** ^*8 no>„awR',d of «W wo^k beinfc aono
***** S4^** t-Mlboad* 11 Alio h*
1»JiM8*^od dlffl l*»m 'Of -man tV&n*&fcdU*& riina
romjlt^ vm%££ t0 ba «SHR*£iM
-4ffg* *y*r^ng «« i«« or^Vatfk U»tel6* oh vacation
to®]V*b**he* ** ^ l^ing th* *«g^ of tho mn.
-«9P ■fll-w « vacation.
TfouVrf Vafy t'Wty*
*f *** *#» » I10 •*»<» wthpd you *«V
mWin*' **' **#«»• t|m* ^
y«u«i tf^
"Ra.
***Mii3*«*»
«.-»*. ««*„ *• ,,«,„ 0ftM 5th Ma tote Mrttou_
um« »•***,.
«Ol ™» „, fro.
■**" 1**'*U *• h»”8 “"• *AW, ™w.wwtl,
««|4^ot W** -*# ^ ttho^ ^ yw
m the
You® very truly.
a ^yCx*-
158
ofct. 9th, '9a.
Mr, Marvin Brii/ss,
1?. Broadway, N„ Y.
S?ir Sir:-
Whan we measured up the old engine ZO x $0 At your works
wo found among the parts tvro da3h. pot3, as per sketch. These we
want for the new low pressure cylinder and cannot find them among
the parts as shipped us. Cannot you tell us where they are?
Yours very vwtiy.
<- - - lo"~ - - - >
tCw. (k. . OWw
N.J.& Va.dOrUWks.
166
nb
Messrs. h, n* wJrtaV* £ IJOifV
Pittsburgh, hh,
pear Siret-
Yefare uraept. 15-th hue been waiting #ie yniper’a v*wn,
Repaying -to -samejfonld »*k ths** y<ni iw yonr-yer/
price on -We Or iiavo 3*» gt»*go awjUile tttbH IbOwnoUvea, Vlf* ex¬
pect to teSce xpAXQT* up piece “the -omer fh the next **p op
three week* end are -on the lookout, for eeppnd hand locomotives.
Of ccb'-jo if mtt pan buy now qnW at not ^ailf «Wh hs: t4w adVahce
we would prefer -to have them. 50 in <jnoti h$ ha you wiii heed
iw *» ■» ,
to get down io *« ?»nic haais.
You pa wery truly,
jt\*v GL l^vwiv^rtv
ik»8t ifc'Pft.Con.^jfa-
#r. ■»>
N,
-Ste -*55B«g*«ph>id you asking ifjyjcuxan spara wr. B-iabatlta-
fnr yteaosada’r ^ THunsday x>T t-H? *93K aa .Mr. «disoa has aoraa aur-
vayfc® -hiffl to do. *a Also no^« y.GPyo regarding the
^rwciioii «rf anvalapaffi .awd **a3U in She tfuttus dp a? y^areqdaaw
-oend its 4a srctrttrata -*to#lata^in Sin^^fpe rnil*
'Itofaai -*»!»**» nweWrtklfr ^adb’iVBd, m -maXi-i^g siita plaaae teat it
1_ Jijui. .I~ririin » *b that it Will -be .accurate ai wa neo<*
Ydura varjr truly >
*4
Vv^Av ^ W i
V* iWjf ^
’WtKi <3,
t mb* $kM*
WiVi^ *a*lSti«i ttJ* toft nh iit% itai«ch *&u tautt ba
*Ol to 'abb 5wJ &ly iMe this wee* that H& 3f*fla it otOk*
VttdftVt Vb 'abil «& him tot*.
Vbttrti very truly,.
\?\"o)>/VVx^l<r
Opt. 9,*$3-
a. 9<vKi^n,
33^B«pj*atHwu «. y„
•SWylT’ifljS to yoirp of Sept, aaHd would a a* tU« ion ad-
■*%?*> wtoto 11)? ,p#£* P4PS Which yea offer OBn be aawrt^ j
Y^re v^ry tw4r»
itv'VJk CA-(^W dVw
h H Iff PW'W1
Alexander Thielah,
Rdhroit, iSerindny*
ttOfc. 11 th, ’3&
Deal* 6ir{-
t dal engaged in th& iinnaentna^ion of magnetic
iron «»%■ jpr 14 thip ^ttdttet *h %14 f&ttrt <tf brl Waited that are
**** am *adily ^Waed in the fhkhAbe,, ftay assay awnt
°9/ *rwi, »«*S phospWrftb end <.0&» ailphttr And thrt ganga iri fsids-
Pav7f* Till y«i Mnstly advise me the price pay unit of metallic
iron that sbch an py* ^pja-a bring aemerad at yeM forks*
it oocurfd -t# «pe that at trSoes or favorable ir’aight rates 1 might
be able t<* ship apne Of the briquettes to your country. Also jtifcj-
ly give the price p er mart* that JBilboa ora of the various kinds ,
a a wall as Elba $nd Algiers -pro hosts del; Vblted at yfaar nodfSi
I'hankirjg yon -in advance for your reply, I SA,
Y<W ypjsrtflOw . .
CX/Eotaxm
*r
Oct, 11 th,
Mr. .John K A ones,
Generil nlaot\'ie Co,, schneotddy, N. y,
Da >- 3
Till you please give us if possible a copy of data con¬
cerning the experiments yon made at Schnectady some throe years
a,?o with Fono Manganese, the results yoit obtained, whether it
could be used in fmndry and oast in thin' plates l/4» thick,
whether ncn-magnotic, etc. in fact if possible a full account
.vour experiments,. Mr. Edison desires this to experiment in 01
noction with our Oro milling schemes.
286
t»0t. lath, »ga,
Ml*» *. S.
1*8# York.
-Goa *&*t,
*B «*• U m a Mtu „ , „
**»>***<* ****** m ™»., * „irtM 8 t"‘'
***** « »» **. w* r
*•*■« h« — . «.» —« «*, w *Z" ,tot 4# tw
*W*» a. «*. »«*.wa « »»>»«
«** **. ,vw" r^r^TwT* <w“ "wh"“i
;r-w.w.,zr::rr^::r
r: —— »t
’V<$\udU^
' r‘n0*0Sert Pl9aS6 rto* “^uiaitions 41fl.*|7» wd 415r3,
fcibr;t*fc BiMaen, lSaq,,
Reading, Pa,
Dear glr*:-
i’ours of Oct, 9fe lhu% t ft datA tf*
to condition and capacities *hs
ilso acme tschnloal inf<roati«p *W6* l&WiVdSft&a*;, 'p^dVle^
(to. won j» «wmfc.
$ot> AiJttw
Tids water Oil 0o„,
Broadway, N» Yt
Gentlemen; -
I think we shall be able to taka all yxjur alwdee Biatr¬
ial continuously providing you weald Pemi* u« » jpjrt uj?,at
expenss, a washer class by to *»ah the tmainatlg acid rfftt. Wb
find that if the acid ia- allowed tty POnjttih in, it okidf^$ t^ .
carbon to a solid of the afro elyWiftdter a* the »<>*}£ ****#« VW
bum. This has about twenty- *wq Phi* Wt* «f oxyean in *•"***«
it of no value to us. The free oil #a#fld. from the sJa&da coi&t
.be run into your pond am saved to yea, ^wld W* **»« b*
aide red when the time arrived for a tytf&i?
i'ouya very Wlft» i — »
312
2
Messrs. Pilling & crano,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Daa r 3iraj -
Mr. Bdison has noted fully your various favors of the
1.3 th also copy of your letter to Mr, K°onSani suggest 3" that the
im if road people ©ould make any rate they pleased on"brlokad Oon-
cont rat as” which will not hurt thai r natural ore rating.' It Will
always bo reasonable to suppose that bricking would make art drd
cost more, hence it could not stand the same rate of freight 03
natural ore. This rids thorn of the interstate business aftd 8mMa
their rates on natural ore..." . .
regarding n
Also Mr, Niohols Mr. Edison sayd Mr, ^iooll
doubt tin most polished and highly gifted pdrvariefctor in the
His knowledge of mining is nineteen degrees belptf ahknlbia #ero»
5 each Glen mine isn't worth a cent. "
Yours v^y ^nly,
\k3w-oW-
Otft. 14th,
0»b* 14th, ’94.
M r. o« .T, conlsy,
Utlison, N. J.
tear sirj-
ThomaS says Of th^ fe*rc» ^Vhbdii cff vteitiJiR b6ur*ittgd of
the turnup pulleys the ok ntathod tv*? tiH.il itlfe' the holds tatefti m
hour and f 1ft y jqvi»jutesT. wh^i-a the new &H<hd.& hf turning a pipe
requires three hours wd twdtrty-xiina arihataS*- t am-- giftd t& re-,
ssivo this in formation, ## if- proves Ug jae that the udachihe' shdp
at cgden is ,vorse than u. aQptUi. fi/fre#*? i'pr repairs.
We placed the hearings* at abuts,
%#-? ali drilled, reamed* {bhpppd had fv^ppsjludmplete* ahd the shaft
for the turnup pnllay «$arj bfe piaohd at a leao ^ritotv We want
vie vr method followed and itttat y# Vtt 'h&phrt fiWt y our- f o-refcah
can produce them fpr each jaTJ** a ’WtUciSlU
326
a/
6-
Idiiw * 9 •it
Messra, Pimng * Ornid*
Sullatt Bldg,, Philadelphia, Pa*
Dear 3iw»*
Mt*» Edison ftfts rioted ycdea of the Kith regarding the
mines of New Ja r^ay, also letter rtf' Ur. J*h)dn&,whi eH wa herewith
return to you, J|t». Sd!|s>dn flays lla Ja vary glad ^STthia infoywatiho
and i« indebted to you for goUlhg alswJ for him.
Yours vjry truly,
fltt. 17th,
Mr, Oo J. Conley,
Edison, No J„
isar sir!-
So.nti time since there was four barrels of iron ore from
Michigan fnipped to me and s tored'l*^the belt way from j>ry» r #1
to 41 .Stock House. • Mr. Edison desirea to tryadttr Wrists
with this oro aniijwd be obliged if you would Bind out Whether
the or,- is still there. if not I will have to order duplicate
ahlpasnt iron Michigan,
Yours very truly.
341
on. n-s.
Mesar8- pi^ins & cmna,
Philadelphia, p3.
Dear sirsj-
the Bneiiah „ ' ' ** f°*' aay> «90 o* 91 of
tail? Vant t . *W** °** ** * *“ fl»H* in ae-
° ow they aeod. pl£ iiNQrit
Ve*y thuiy.
^<rw ( a £^UvvC)
Oct. 18th, *93,
Messrs. Pilling *' crane,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sirsl-
Replying to yours of the 17th regarding the offer wadd
by the Kartzell Concentrating go., would state that Mr, Edison
-"v^r-aOtX^-afJL*
says that he would be very glad to sell the ateBSS" as specified on
Or. Jiartzel! ' si list at r, ha price named and tahe the company's
note not exceeding four months provided the Messrs. EartzeH 4
Pilling i>, ill andtf-roe it. Shipment could be made imnediatety
upon receipt of order fran you.
Yours very r.ruly,
3
378
/ . ;
/
Oct. 18thr *3$*
Messrs, piling 4 cnaha,
Philadelphia, Pd.
Jlear ’sftrsj-
Mp, IWiBpn has noted youra -of the iflth cjagarditftf the
qnsation of classification on iron ord* aJsp regarding the sals of
*'Vl»issabe ora, and. t tanks you very muoh for $ha inftmnation,
jfOtipe yei^ ttna?.
426
/
(tit . iHh,
Morgan gU^ino eilng titi. +
93 liberty fit,, }few Vor}tc
hear 4i»to“
$4 pan opr telephone meajulgs, would state: that ever a-
weak agh tfe notified you that the crane, which you to Vo made for
»s/tou arrived at Saloon and was on tha odpj f<Jr erection,
and piert* everything «@3 wady to go with You promised
to B(*Ad kjwqaoto, as par Voui- ppo?o» *14pn of JUnd 5th, toy which yott
w&to to "atfperihteprt the erection* installing dhd Starting of
the cUana and instruct o«r wn ip ltd haggling* a^i? roiyipB Upon
thio.wo waited Sim$st a week before notifying yen* agajn.flay before
yoatdtohy tret c^Jhiy^ivmagain regarding th<* totter, and ypu e^aia
•promised to aepd trdmdnlPy^A short time ago wa recciva'd; a teie->
phom raSdstigo from Mr auWhttetoant, stating that your topi hid
arrived Joy he declined to htoe anything to d* with the erection,
tra are under daily expanse fpr demurrage d» the oay ana. -of course,
shailoxpect yoU id jppJoe *» ©pod for any exlferd exponas caused to*
your delay, o«r e upe W.«t9n4eut stated that he tpia your man that
he wot 3d give hint the necessary help in the way of min* blocking ,
Ofte*leat etc* etc* fpr the e refit iep, but that inasmuch ad hq
stipe rintendWg the same -he. $f ^odfaey Wl»ld to hold toaponoible
for fcny dMqages that might too do nd to the prune or otherwise*
Aa stated to you hyphens" we are being M$zy caleh delayed Ijy yw
actions in the Mattel} aite ptuat toaj.s t 'ton toying ^omspto iuwadiata-
Jy to go ahead with tho bnato vm we «dat jsnpw wh^tter >du will
not superintend it, so that wa may got someone todc it.
want the crane to help put in soma madfcinarjr which will arrive
shortly.
Xtora yary truly*
■. GL ^eUvw $W jjjj
>ijli asking
until
Sham
Ci-usher BoaiV-
463
£ufape
'■ '«/& 6uO X ^ ^Ju'Ui^x C$ptcc &u< <
adfroaa. 7&U* , T&, xaZt ^ tfe %«* tu«*
■ &***£# *24- £fct &aul eZiA#C *%
Uritl 7h ftCUcL /JV<7
■J&ceiLC a** aUuMr ot*U Stusm^cU a Jan
. *9* <c **«*«» % ■& a facet u*,** c &*xr
<tty / -&Ma> fovet cu~a&'
4,d« ^ccua,
e*»uia /tot, e&xt x*}sGit&i2ct a&e&outof-.
&M Ylzteu4ts zt£/ j&a&c.
&UAM. fiOyo. z/ax ZS& 0^6. Ctfi&Z****#
*, yj-cuuf a. auafew&c <su<et
-. gaA-.' a, scucu*. -4 <s»ptAc <Zu a. *jce^
- «■* /l»*c a oCcUSm&z uutzy <?e/: .tAO
-•^c. ^ ^
475
AfrrAuis/c,
cxyt&uAjnw; •
AU^trtXa /UX &&l~ & /3r€Ca jjbv
6£a&i ttvz 1rcr£& 4rx /Sy&e
eCuryu -. ' ' -■
aciwijU) &&ut &ool£ . <3?z<j&c*a^c&^
Oi/jl Zcov o*! ^ /&&&
AJ <Z6^ /O ’ &c£tn*Z<, ~^Lool Tl# &
*??
6U*cX?~~2aCc4.x
7/2^?
Nov. 3?d, iS98.
I; and that y ou ha Vd h J
c!Sww;iyig the c cti simpt ioh of -fclb&ljMgfc horse poorer,
ing al l you tp boiler and engine dffj«4i!*tment. We
h indebted if you would lei ns have ,a cojjy of
Cl
}}oy. 4th, 2893,
Mr. Frank Marr,
1310 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear SirS-
Replying to years -of 32st uUo>> regarding
Mr. Well, would state that we find his initials are K, W. Va
wovUd be much indebted for any information you can give Ua regard¬
ing him, as per ours of 27th dlto.
yburs very truly,
ituBv-.CX-
Treasurer, Mahoning polling Mil 1 to* >
<j/o Jolih R. Beitaett, Bs-i . , fotttjr Bldg,
In reply toy out r telegram asking if year work
has been satisfactory, t would say that as to time, quality -ana
price, that of all the firtns bidding for our wprk, yours li^s «ivaa
th^ most satisfaction, especially in relation to time of delivery.
Which has been according to agrafllnSnt, and. which has not bean the
case with other firms to which we have given Work*
N. -jl & #at\ Concentrating Works,
Pi><i
'Specifics tion for the cohstraetiob of Dust Chamber, 526
Main Air Duct, and Dus tints Boxes*
biist Chanber.
First.
jhe Dus t Chamber si das , top, Dot, topi and encis will be
Made up of two thickness of Hemlock 1» thick, planed one
aide, and one thickness of Re a in Siaed Sheathing Paper
laid on in tlia following order.
First thickness of .1" hemlock laid on studs horizon tally
planed side put and covered inside with ona thickness of
Resin Siaed. Sheathing Papsr.
Second thickness of 1* hemlock laid on paper vertically.
Dus ting Boxes.
The Dusting Boxes Front and Ends 'Kill be made double
thickness matched ceiling, one layer horizontal and one
vertical, wit, h t hicknas, a of resin asset! sheathing
• between* other parts single thickness matched ceiling.
All cleats on ins ids ■ wil .1 be put on with screws and the
doors or front will be put on with do rows, and must be
made, as near as possible * duet tight, and must be made
in such a manner as will facilitate -their easy removal.
The Air Passages wil 1 be made of one thickness ol
matched ceiling all screwed, together, and so constructed
that it can bo readiljr taken apart, and such cleats as
are necessary to construct same should be put in in such
a manner as will least obstruct 2lassa£0*
Main Air Duct.
The sides, top, ate., of main Air Duct will be mans up of
two thickness of material,
The first layer of lu hemlock laid horizontal, plsm*
side out and ««8^H %ain
Mr. 0, J. Cozilsy,
Enclosed, pi eaaa find specifications for
const rue
confirming
;ol ogram of
Satsj fday ,
Replying to Bti* « note
won!;
chances
_
York City,
Edison
sand out to us
use Saturday.
Ears by Friday.
The bills
fading Iron Co.,
Thera has boon
settle
ful 1 unt il you hear frori
take made
acme
■ery truly.
V'^lAAQd^c
TK, Mnw V M,r< TEaiso" Vistos veil to send* for the next thirty days,
The Mu York Joum.il oi Commerce. Better arrange to have it L-
ssaJ to me and I will see that he gets it every day.
Yblirs very truly,
V^f^M^JMxrvvy-
6
Bov, 9th* 1 9<S;
Mr. W. S. Pilling,
Philadelphia, Pd.
Dear sir. -
I sand you to-ddy photograph of Ur.,' Edison with his auto¬
graph as per your recant reouest ana tiusi that it. will arrive ih
good conditii
Mr. A. 0. Tata,
Bdison Bldg., New York,
DearSir:-
Yesterday I had a call from Mr* £• ■#* Jefferson an old
friend, who is now superintendent of the M. Publish ing Botis a at
Madras, India. Mr* Jeff arson thinks tha i> he tsiild sell 'Some of
you- fan devices in Indiana nd also wishes to kriow to whbirt it will
be necessary to apply to get- a phonograph for India. If it will
not coni’ lict with other connections J win Id be obliged to irod if
yon would mail Mr. Jefferson the printed nutter covering the fan
dev ice, together with the prices and disdotmt, also infonpatioh re¬
garding the phonograph, Ur: Jeff deal's address for ti.e na*t few
weeks will bo P. 6* Box 282> Baltimore, Md,
Thankiiig Yoii in advance for yoxtr, trouble in the matter
i aui,
YOnrs Ye*'? bruly.
Nov, ai)th> ' 96 ,
Mr, %, 3, Perry,
New York,
Q»a!' Sir:-
Ab pdr te lephoiie meawaitif*'* wo hdVa sent the insurance-
; icies to yolk bV bur U*. l&Akil, dxoeptihe Mo of the tano whirs
1 i! a ranee to.-, had tthe of thl jPhabhiit of London, which we he>'e-
v ji h rotara. KSgAlilitis the L&n'0a'ahi'i''0 jidJiciao >va wish you
* >--ld a earn why the aprlnkS e ^ al ip Was attdbhbd tt> the policies,
i t we' underatprid at, hot having a Sprinkler at fid is om in (ids* of
' n:s those policies *,-.«£). void, Please have them made Eighty
z- so Please %/mm "it the notice required W tjia JPhpenix, in eddd
of s shot, down of ovpr £0 day^has been given*
We also riots that spjijy pf^he policies are atiil Written
as “Ogden", ana .also tiia* op ijuije. a jivtjqfysy the slips attached
are not signed fcy tfaq 46 iff 1$ pn ipsn^fipd as -beA£J}gih£ to the
policy to which "they nrai Wjlf MpwJlfl ?e
also note that quite ^ ntuohor pf th o j,ci^ « 4^V0 a fJ^auss to-
the e f feet, that if any policy pf any ptlje'i* cpcjp^ny.has the 30#
coinsurance clause. that Its policy pjjwil aJao y^af «*nde« it ?lso>
We note that only two or thyee poli(ji^’})a-jW tits 80# clause ,
Why. ecu id not these two or three po lioisfl b£ canqyllpa a«jl insur¬
ance rewritten *n other- companies equally ps good, without t: e
30# clause, fbis would cut out all the policies on the Bp# clausa.
We doubt the widdom of imtting njors 'thah in “?
o>vP company arid would like soma assurance as to the standing of
the Mutual ($44500) Mnf. & -"Builders ($20000), Lancashire ($20000)
and particularly the Columbian f. I. ^o. Of Louisville l$£kSVQ)*
■Nov, 44th, ■•<}&.
Jessys. ^14^ ihg <fe ^r^n a,
&dia$e)lphi», Pa.
pOrtM***' ■
fl-Pf % disoii ja in "ege ;ipt of y cairn of the loth Tegerding
4hs taJJf with JXR* ^^44 oyp^ flight mt,<?s ana is yeryjaueh in-
dehJy-Vi fpi* -thd irjfo'naatilpn, A^qq fr) ngosip t of the Pennsylvania
freight report? for is afsp oblige^,
Jffg 'H% 44 e^nd yon porrpoirow a lot of bricks as per on*
•fiicont promise. Regarding th? phofc ograph of Mr» Edison -would.
M *’
state that the qwi\z went to -you by Wells, largo express -and un¬
doubtedly i you will receive it to-day1.
Voiles vefy truly.
Nov, lbtfa, 1 93i
fe. fh DaV-is,
7 SoOkmaft gt* * liew Ydrk.
Jlaat* fcith-
R^pit^iiK^ t<S or the loth wdU:v a ta#a that I have
ao bus# that: i have fc&in urfable td taka hjf tlia bastion oi
13m a&eka i ora. } will hardly be abiO ,4b gOt at it i'di* %ha
-next t&rep tqonfchs. We aha jus t about t b ais|i*t lip out* new works
an$ J a<n spi^djn/; $vary moment trying to gat them started*
Yohiteveitf t^Viiyj
Nbv.. 13 th,
.o’. W. So Perry,
New York,
Dea r gir:-
Mr. Edison v/iahes you to get freight rate on a catgo
of iron ore to Cardiff, England from lie w York. Also to 1 ears
all the transfer charges from the Central S. rt until the ore
nut aboard ship, Ha wants this I believe, in making soma
estimates on f oreign competition. Of course, it do?s not ms
any difference as to the siz-e-nf -the caigD you figure oh as tfe
Mi’. W. S, Pilling,
' Phil adelphisi, Pa.
pear sir:-
Pl0-j.se send me assay of tin first and second <iualitias
of 'rubio ore. This is tin ore principally shipped to England.
Also state if assay is at 212 and how ranch water the ore contains.
Yours very truly,
(a
Letterbook, LM-219
Tliis letterbook covers the period November 1893-Januaiy 1894 Most of
the correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the
company. The letters deal mainly with personnel matters, company financial
obligations, equipment, and supplies. Some of the items pertain to insurance
tor the Ogden works, the replacement of its chief engineer, and the lease of
property in Michigan and the possible erection of a mill there. There are also
ietters containing Edison’s views on lamp prices in Europe and on problems
at the Edison Phonograph Works. A loose page inserted at the end of the
book contains a note in Edison’s hand, dated August 22, 1895, announcing that
work is hereby suspended at these Works." The spine is stamped "Letters."
The label on the spine and the flyleaf are inscribed "4." The inside front cover
contains the mscnption: "Letter book #3 sent to Mr. Malloiy at Ogden bv
Express April 23/94 J F Randolph." The book contains 698 numbered pages
and an index. Less than 10 percent of the book has been filmed
On attached Hot you d ll notice that we have inn™****-
Wico on the Crusher Cori iaShiant ^,VB lnat ®daort
instead of ten vj? nV»n ^akln« it
toSo"? tTrL;\?i>;rm9*
ilpllpli#
• v,’w as 4t ia> *0* p SittJe while,-
_ wr *$«> engine are still in this wm
bCji ? f ’
•S3
. ' -1 '.»ruta? sr
V& ^.c ''’• As 011 these i'igurea we
5 at the results.
■■e^Mars.
Youn* vary truly,
>„-4wi _ Hi
Perry Esq,
Enclosed please find the bill from
vertisar, also bur requsitioij 4244, We are
postal from Edison, ii
receipt of
rhich they state that 'ho shipment of sand
was cede yesterday, because of no orders" *e -a* certainly very
nucn diaapoin*ed,.that Mt> Wal hh h^s dllpvtfed us to rhn out of
assurances as
loose faith ii
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Dear Sir;-
#226 We at 44th, s ' , No Y_
, . hS ~ '' inst* has 0Qn,8 to hand iv tl
a“3en°e of Mr. Bdiaon, lv io nl, . tl
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nation win be placed bef . ' ' ''Jnl
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2 policies
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ana! that Vo jW n»*a a little lBUf on.
Of . t 0 ***to**M on « oow
P1wt» tout ae the machion^ <
™* — m. *aa »*. „ th 8 0Omi,,e aw* -*
VjtW* on the v&pioua buiidi^
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h8 **“ in all oaaos
*• El8b8 >»*•». to aaaaa, „
E. Thomas,
Bdlaon, N. J.
iDear sir:**
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11 • J. & P.
119
NtJv. ZB, 1893.
Mr. Perry,
New york,
Dear SirS--
Mr. Edison has noted iopy off Mr. William1 s letter, and
is vary much indebted for same. He hfrS written foh dorse 6f tie
books mentioned by Mr. Williams, He also that he would be
obliged if Mr. Williams would maW for hiih the prq*f<>rm«*T
accounts of Vessels discharging at Barryil'f'MidleSboro.
Enclosed plaese fpfi letter ff-or jid., and requisition
4263 which we negleoted to send ybu y^|tetefd45r.
t V8V& truly.
N. 4 Pf
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“i ,m « ~U on th, Conti nant at X#
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tnls f Wt doth to ms, as a.2 on »h, oonWing o„,w.
I. *h»« my noaso, «,y you cant w on th. .hoi. 0r»m
in this -mm, ,f i, slv„ y„„ , wmt' T1„ 0.vn B_ R_ ^
RSfinsra havp ion Mat, R„J4 angar f„r 1.,*.
cm, h,i„, actual coat of pmm„,e„ t, a.mm, ^ ^
monsy pn tftip pr»incipl9>
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Mr‘ 6. J, cortlay,
Sdieort, N. j.
Dear sit*;.*.
*" ,«HV „M, month', ,s M8.tMl •
fisumn, „ '■ '
j „r
- y:i8wiMtaot8^1^^'-
y<3u therefore, kindn^
«— «» h.lp to h.^ hJ ,* ** *“
™ - «*• ■«. thM oootntn' V “* W *
*»>ft month. by tl>* ***** <W> St,h o4
Yotro v?ry
Me.jg rs. Filling & crane,
Philadelphia, Pa.
(Jantlenan:--
w. «a in l-.c.lpt of yo„ favor, of a,. lM,.;
oo.o a ana fW3y, Raplying to the ona regarding Raii Roart Ratoa,
»».M at..., „r. Mi.* ,ay, th9 rata. ^ arrm8.„nt.
satlafaotory, ala., a,y. ttat m hav, a apeofaj rat. on aand at
5o/al] over North Jersey,
(jy J SLvvXv
Regarding bide , ^ would 4sk, tb*t you let us have them by
Tuesday next, as we will piaoo order on that dW.
Answering the question of the Pennsylvania Steel Co.,
would state, that we would M* to get ^ links delivered within
a month if possible, if they have baft to make, please aa* them to
send it in on wire, by Tuesday.
vo^ps very, truly,
VV^Hv^a JlgiUp
N. J, * p,
339
Ml’* °* J • Coni gjl1,
Edison, N. J,
Wo have decided to iMice a
En. “*lw a °^Se ^ tb our ohitf '
Engineer, and worn* Advise you to dieohar^ K.
*» »« ,te ' r5a to“ “ ""■=• *“ 1WA
. «> W.U., * „ot
h" *» ov „„ ■ ! vw,‘
; - - «*.«*„*„.**., Wa,118>1Miw.
-oes »o. *. i, w cwnM to
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BSSWaatBi
pet. ma.
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$h9 'RoJ ling iliil Gw.,
fldnvilie, fa,
Gant lam epj1-*-
UDflylng to yoinV of the 9t,h lust,, itdtlid say*, that m
will -not place ofder for the additional bdiikei' -Until we make
thorough t&s-t -of present one.
The b nicker arrived to-daf , ana about list if the Street¬
car -peopl-e in nrange are down on your Company, for shipping su^fc a
Machine her*9, as the wagon carring tht} machine got stuck on \h*
ti*acka 'to-day, stepping the cays ir. both direction, for quite- a
t ime , '
yours y e y i^ly,
.. Cl
!Pr*4nci Partcen.
We have an duo otlht against the United Company of sftfrtid
throe thousand do 11 aha (&4.000) 'fhey refusf to PaY, giving n6, rea*
son and are vary ugly. Wri have' stopped all work fpr them, Which
1 .suppose we have a right to do as' they refuse to pay for current
work,- still I do not want to be ugly myself f as I think Jessie
Seligman himself is deceived by the disreputable persons dro&ttd
him. '
Yon probably know fro/n the Contracts that theuUriited bh-,
own 1-4 of the stock of the Phorio. Works. i hold agaipat the'
Woris demand noted for over $300, 00Q fd" cash advanced, arid if
they carry their ugliness too far, perhaps it would be best to
wina the concern rip if that is legal and right, under the ci~*
ctims'tances.
Every time I do anything for them they dispute and
quibble and the end is a compromise with a graai lose to the
work s ,
Youris vary ^rtq.y,
'D*
391
MU
Mr. James Wilson,
Spur r Maintain i Mich.
Dear Sir:-- '
Will ypn kindly advise me. the amount of taxes on the Spurr
property, also on the Stewart property, and when it is necessary
thRt they should be paid.
See from the papers, that you are having a great deal of
suffering in your section of the country this Winter, is it a4 bad
as the pppe^a make out?
You-s very truly,
Mr. John C .
Dear Sir
e/o Fhoa nix Iron Works,
Phoenixvili*, pa„
W3 *'* ‘n '■*'SilU ”f '»»»■ t«U6m« t to t ,o„ »U1
poaition of Chi.f *»5lm.,r. „ }I50. w „Mcjl „ to,
noted.
Replying to sane would state that we have advertised, and
that we will consider your application anong the rest, in the
meantime would advise you to go up to Edison some Sunday and look
the place over, and if it is satisfactory to you think possibly
we might come to scrna terms.
Yours very truly
*1J!a -yi-C.- President,
N. J. &.
c. V,,
482
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Daoamben lath.
W Wilaoh,
swjv Mount ftin, Mich.
7“" °r *”■ «* »* *— *. .wnM „ ths taaa,
^ .« SWW* P^.rtl„ ta „ 6M am ^ mtM.
A, I » *„ taaM ^ tQ b9 p>ii bMo_
ite -flow a t thjiB month.
“* “• kiM1' — - «- *• ^ui8S « ln saaa „
“ »« It ™ o^r „«* iM, M *. lan8 mm
•«U b, **»„« W„e ^ ,Uh tha coluoto^
*‘ 'U1 m tK" *““s *M» »*«•, m »«a4 llte abova
infortaation.
Yottpfl vai*Y tindy
18th, 1893
December 23rd 1893
Mr. John P. Cummings,
n/o Phoenix Iron Works,
Phoenixv.ilie, Pa1
Dear Sir:-
We have your:; of the 18th inst and are glad to note that you
were at the mine on Sunday last.
We cannot agree -ith you that the plant Is in such had shape, hut
will admit that it is rather dirty and out of order, and wants to he
put in shape it is true.
vie believe that a mail who thoroughly understands his business can
put it in shape in a reasonable time with sufficient help.
We are not aware' that there is a great deal to he done over, hut
are aware that there are some points regarding the Corliss Engine which
will have to he changed, on account of mistake of last man in charge.
Regarding the matter of exhaust pipe of Corliss Engine, to which
you call our attention, we would state that you did not know that in
place of valves we have used blank flanges, in as much as we consider
and hope to run compound condensing, when things are in order, And if
we find that we cannot run this way we will make the necessary changes,
by interchanging the 'blank flanges and rings.
There is nothing unsatisfactory about the place, other than its
53g
«V the men .ho held position, heretofore h,ve left
- - Who he* the Position first ,es there temt a ^ .
“• He 1,14 Mt ”teSt“a “* « ~ -t satisfactory, and
Inasmuch as .e .ere running experiment.!!,, his incompetence did not
onus, ue «, trouble, at least as far as „as althon^ „•* ■
" ~ ~ “* 60108 10 °h“88 ~ -W— to the machinery and f '
■boilers. II]
The second „ho held the position .as satisfactory to us, but *1
his wife being very sic*, and becoming partly insane, hetiought it bestir
to move to the City .here she could receive proper medical treatment.
H. .as with us upwards of a year, in fact .e believers time over a
year, leaving of his own accord.
The third man who held the position was discharged, for two masons '
first, he was incompetent and did not attend to business; besides' being
man we did not think we could trust. Secondly, we were shutting down
at that time, preparatory to beginning the re -construct ion, and we con¬
cluded to reduce our expenses to the amount of his salary.
• The f0Urth wh0 held the Position, and who has just been discharged,
came to us through advertising, , making great boasts of h;Ls ability and
naming his people as references-who were satisfactory to us- but in
looking up his references we found that among.the dozen or more people
.tarn he ns»»d ad rsfsroncta, not „re thM1 t.„ w tBree ^ ^ ^
gr«t„ nusfcer hM MTOr to„a or Mu. the tm or twee ^ aw ^
him advised us not to- employ him. „ls appesrsnoe. eto. appeared .11
rlE“' “4 " h“ hltM “» to hearing hls references.
Ho started to put the Corn.. Engine In shap. and convinced us
that he was not th, men .e «t«. He put on the *„ ge.r on one «
the cylinders Wong end to, put on the throttle the »ro»g .ay, which
convinced us that he did not understand the construction of a Corliss
Engine ; ml In as much as he had hired with us for a trial of three
tenths .. concluded to dispense .1th hls services and try and get a nan
to take the place.
, W9 thinlC that thls w111 set the matter .straight in your mind, as
we do not care to have you feel that there is any question of partiality
or anything of the kind. The fact of the matter is that we want a
Chief Engineer to take charge of our power appliances, we want a good
sober, steady man, one who thoroughly understand his business and who
can operate the plant, both boilers and engines, satisfactorily and
economically, We have all the experimenting we need to look for in the
machinery in -the mills, and it is of the utmost importance that we^get
a man to take charge of the power competent to do so, and' in whom we
can place confidence, so that we heed have no thought of this part of |
What we want is
i who is what he pretends to ba, and J
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This letterbook covers the period January-May 1894. Most of the
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matters, equipment, and supplies. Several items relate to Edison’s health.
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This letterbook covers the period June-July 1894. Most of the
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company. The letters deal mainly with personnel matters, equipment, and
supplies. Other items describe operations and changes at the Ogden works,
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port on the Strength and Condition of the Bridge of the
Travelling Crane at the New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concen¬
trating Works at Edison, New Jersey.
general exatnii
i true tin
• ion of the str'a:
iJcii'f weighing 11, 000 lbs . loaded
ighirig each b7o(> lbs* loaded,
The figurei
!»Sriort refere^ae-a
appended,
chord and members T2, 13 and- T4- of the diagom
per square inch of
>f them being over- 20,000 lbs., .
lirtect compress ionr®nnthe top chord mernbei
range fro;n- 8550 to 14700 lbs
length to radius of gyration being
it 90, In the diagonal
post Pi the straib is 7800 lbs. anti in PIS, 7900 .7.
Inchj the ratio of length to radius ' of gyration
136. The above strains do
include strains from wind
pressure. Mqat of them a:
iderably higher than is con-
loaded
c an t i l e'
coir.presHion
nember
• educe
: on hoc
end auppor
strains
mtariaiiy weaken the;
chords
The corah l nod direct and h*
parte,
ami would probably
are very much in excess
posits from
-the ultimate
HM
The posts under dead load strains only are perceptibly
bowed <
et ions of the intense dlatf
iccentrii
bottom chord, see figure 4,’ are all
produce
•icity
ohor
the track stringers through the:
lending
■ains to rends:
i pended
cause i
nearly
illua
increase
the track atring-
taded
.track stringers were' effectively supported at
’six. feet, as it was evidently intended that they
the strain?, though higher than usually used, would
intervals of
should be
bo danger i
With the conditions as they are, however, see .para¬
graphs 5 and 6, they are greatly in excess of safe limits.
The structure is faulty in other -respects and the work¬
manship is not first-class. These points can be ta^pn up ip
detail if desired, but are omitted from this report as they
are of less importance than the points mentioned above.
The structure taken as a whole is dangerous and should not
be used.
While it is possible to strengthen some of the especial¬
ly weak points by bracing the diagonal posts PI and P13 by
struts from the adjacent panel points, and by reenforcing
the bottom c^ord member 11 - 12 with struts as indicated by
red lines figure 1, 1 would not recommend that this be done, .
as the structure, though improved, would still be unsafe.
By Henry S. Prichard,
Engineer, tffiW JERSEY STEEL & IRON CO.
Trenton, July 14th, 1894.
Letterbook, LM-223
This letterbook covers the period July-August 1894. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the
company. The letters deal mainly with equipment and supplies. Some of the
letters pertain to the company’s financial status. One item mentions Edison’s
test of drinking water. The front cover is stamped "Copying Book" and is
marked "July 17th 1894 to August 18th 1894 inclusive." The spine is labeled
"#4 July 17, 1894 to Aug 18, 1894." The book contains 500 numbered pages
and an index. Approximately 2 percent of the book has been filmed.
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This letterbook covers the period August-October 1894. Most of the
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company. The letters deal mainly with the sale of by-products such as sand and
ore dust, with personnel matters, and equipment and supplies. There are also
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molybdenite and the expected reopening of the Ogden works. Among the
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This letterbook covers the period October-December 1894. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the
company. The letters deal mainly with company finances, personnel matters,
equipment, supplies, and sand orders. Some of the letters pertain to delays in
reopening the Ogden works, attempts to find rubber suits for the miners to
wear m wet weather, and the observance of Thanksgiving. A few items relate
to the use of magnetic sand to increase the traction of streetcars. One letter
contains comments by Edison on his ancestry. The spine is labeled "#6 Oct.
17, 1894 to Dec. 1894." The book contains 500 numbered pages and an index
Approximately 10 percent of the book has been filmed.
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This letterbook covers the period December 1894-February 1895. Most
of the correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of
the company. The letters deal mainly with sand and ore orders, personnel
matters, equipment, and supplies. Some letters relate to delays in reopening
the Ogden plant and difficulties in paying the company’s taxes. Also included
are inquiries regarding a search for an apprentice electrician (one example has
been filmed). One letter contains the observation that Edison’s preoccupation
with briquette manufacturing has left him without "time to keep up with
electrical matters." Another item is a request to examine the cost accounting
system at the Bethlehem Iron Co. The spine is marked "Letters" and "Dec 7th
to Feb 11 1895." The book contains 496 numbered pages and an index. Less
than 10 percent of the book has been filmed.
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This letterbook covers the period Februaiy-April 1895. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the
company. The letters deal mainly with personnel matters, equipment, supplies,
and sand orders. One item relates to Edison’s personal supervision of the
boilers to check the quality of the coal. Another describes plans to change the
line voltage at Glenmont and the West Orange laboratory. There is also a
memorandum in Edison’s hand detailing managerial responsibilities at the
Ogden works. In addition, there are inquiries regarding a search for a foundry
foreman (one example has been filmed). The spine is stamped "Letters" and
is labeled "#7 Feb. 11, 1895 to Apr. 27, 1895." The book contains 701
numbered pages and an index. Approximately 5 percent of the book has been
filmed. The letters near the end of the book are written in very faint green ink
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This letterbook covers the period April-September 1895. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the
company. The letters deal mainly with personnel matters, company financial
obligations, building alterations, equipment, supplies, and sand orders. Some
of the items pertain to operations and the expected reopening of the Ogden
works. Other letters relate to a porosity experiment conducted with briquettes,
a suggestion by Edison regarding the making of castings, and the threat of a
machinists’ strike. There are also letters discussing kinetophone litigation and
Edison’s appraisal of the electric light business in the United States. The spine
is stamped "Letters." The book contains 702 numbered pages and an index.
Approximately 10 percent of the book has been filmed. Most of the
handwritten letters are in very faint green ink and may be difficult to read.
AT EDISON'S LABORATORY
— ORANGE, N. J.
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TELEPHONE 311 ORANGE
Lamps. June l4th- '85.
fieneral Inoandesoent Aro Light Oo. , -4^
li’,TSt Ave., & 85 rd. St., N. Y.
Gentlemen:-
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work »„ioh ,e are p„shlne. P
You will oblige us by taking ,ht
3 taking th*8 matter, up at onoe.
Yours very truly.
* * * * 1 •vfitt .
President.’ ” ”
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Pilling & Crano,
Bullitt Bull ling, Pniladdlphia, Pa.
Gentlemens —
Rap lying to your favor of 17 th, lnot. , we beg to say that we
expect to have our stand house in shape so wo can ship the screened sand
In about two weeks, and will then be glad to send samples to your friends.
We suppose the a and goes tr. Smaua, fa.. If such la the ease would say
that the Central Railroad of His* Jersey has! v> quoted us a freight rate -of"-,
70ots. to that point, can you do. anything in the way of a better rates'
We have sold all tailings made from former run, so sand on hand is
that made over two years ago.
fours truly,
. _ _ _
Vice.. President,
TELBHONE 31' OF
July 20th. *96.
53. P. Noyes Esq.,
44 Broad St., N, Y.
Boar Sir: —
Replying t.<> your favor of 18th. inat., offerihg to purchase some
of my Qw*“’&illing stock T beg to say that 1 do not care to sell any of it,
particularly aa I ball eve that^the progress we are making is known, and with
early shipment of briquettes, that the stook will bring a great deal more tl
you offer now.
Yours very truly,
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AT EDISON’S LABORATOHV
« ORANGE, N.
telephone :<p orange
July 27th. '96,
Pilling & Crane,
Bullitt Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentlemen:—
Replying to yours of 28th. Inst., we note that you will hurry
the ba'lanoe of the eight cars of bltumlnlous ooal ordered last week, also
the information as to Juragua Mines, we will he pleased to hear any late*-'
news as to them.
Mr. Pilling hae no doubt fully advised you as to condition of matters
with us here.
Yours truly.
Now Jorsoy & Patiisylrania Caoeouii'aliug Works,
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August Brri. '9b.
Overhead wires.
G. W. Grant Rsq.,
Marine Hotel,
Barbadoes, West Indies.
Bear Sir: —
In answer to your inquiry I would say that there are over two
thousand towns in the Untied States lighted by electricity, the whole of
the wires, of which, are overhead.
Most of the systems pse high pressure currents, and the accidents are
very few and are confined to the wlremen who become oareless.
It is only m the large cities that underground systems are in use
and their use in smaller cities would be commercially impracticable.
There will be no risk in adopting the regular systems now so exten¬
sively used in the United States.
Yours very truly,
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New Yorlt and Now Jersey Telephone Co. ,
i time ago wo complained to you of the poor condition of
our lino stating that the indue
was so bad .that we were, at times,
unable to talk satisfactorily even to hover or Orange.
You then promised to have the lino put in good order, anr! upon your
promise, we agreed not to write to Mr. Sargent.
The line is steadily getting worse, and we will be compelled, unless
you give it immediate attention
■ the matter up with Mr. Sargent.
We know that you can make the line work all right as, at times, in
the past the service has been quite satisfactory.
Yours truly,
Hew -Jersey & Pennsylvania OonesatratinK Wafts,
636
August 21st. '95.
Captain lyes. .
c/u Sleotrle Tr.--.cs non Co,.,
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Boar Rlr: —
we have a mill repair gang , composed of machinists, handy
men and laborers, on whom we depend for emergency repairs on our
crushing rolls, shafting, belting, engines &or«, all' heavy machinery.
If any of our machinery breaks or' gives out while our plant. Is running
this gang is put right at It and stick at it until It Is ready to. run
again.
While their work Is being done the mill is, of course, standing ->
idle, It Is of the utmost- importance that the work be done In the short
shortest possible time.
We need a foreman to take charge of thin gang, one who can use his
brains to our advantage in directing the work so that it can he done in
the shortest, possible time and at the same time done well, w© do not ...
expect him to use his hands or do any actual work of a -.manual character.
Mr. Charles J. Miller has- applied for the position and given your¬
self as a •’■oforenos, win you kindly advise us in strictest confidence
whether In your opinion he oac fill such a position with advantage to
himself and us, also as to his character and habits?.
Thanking you In advance f your reply, I am,. >
. Yours very truly,
Hew Jersey & feiiisytaia ConceDtratiug. if or!
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contains 699 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 10 percent of the
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Jan. 14, 1897.
Messrs. Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penna.
hear Sire,
We have fully noted yours 13th, relative to the proposed
visit by Major Bent, and will let you know as soon as brisker pi a*
nt, is ready to start again, which win probably not be for two or
three' weeks.
Mr. Bdison, asks that you send us a list, showing the various
grades of pig iron, the principal uses for each grade and also
about present prices of each.
He want 8 to get a little more familiar with the varioue grades.
Yours very truly,
Jan. 16, 1897.
Messrs, Pilling & Crane,
Girard Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear SirsS-
In figuring over Borne of our supplies, we find that last
year, we used 1638 files of all sizes in our machine shop, ( prac¬
tically all 6" and larger ) with an average of sixty men employed.
We have anidea that this is exoessive, and would be
obliged if you would ask Baldwin locomotive Works, or some other
large concern, who keeps suoh reoords, whether it is excessive,
and if so, about how muoh.
Thanking you and them,for the information we are.
Yours very truly,
Letterbook, LM-230
This letterbook covers the period Januaty-March 1897. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the company. The
letters deal mainly with personnel matters, building renovations, equipment,
and supplies. Included are letters relating to operations at the Ogden works,’
the use of respirators in dusty areas, and the depressed price of ore. Also
included are specifications, sent to prospective contractors, for the bricker
furnaces and ovens (one example has been Filmed). One letter deals with the
possibility of making bread from a combination of crushed stone and wheat.
Another pertains to the installation of a new telephone at Glenmont. The
spine is stamped "Letters." The book contains 497 numbered pages and an
index. Approximately 5 percent of the book has been filmed.
Jany. 22nd. 1897.
Mess. Pilling & Crane.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sirs:
We heg to acknowledge receipt
of check for $1073.92 from Pennsylvania Steel Co., covering
shipments of ore during 1391, we have asked our Orange office
to return the voucher direct to you.
Will you please express to
Mi-. Pelton and Major Bent our appreciation of their generous
action in the matter, and also state that we hope, through our
briquettes, to enable them to make many times the above sum in
tine near future.
Yours very truly.
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February 25, 1897.
My Dear Up Bachelor
I herewith enoloee letters from J. D. filler s
Qo. covering Corliso Engines also one Cross Compound for your
attention'.
If we buy a Cross Compound Corliss at a low price and ar¬
range so that the cash payments would be about the same as what
we would have to pay for a Simple Corliss and get time on the
balance , say six and twelve mohtha;we would be inclined to buy a
Compound Engine. We mention this now thinking it possible you
may come across
3 at a low price.
Yours very truly.
To 0ha8. Bachelor,
(j/o Edison Mfg. Company,
23rd Street, New York City.
February 26,1897,
My Dear Prof. Marksl-
Mr Edison wishes me to thank you for the con¬
gratulation extended in your recent letter and aleo to eay he
expecuthe next furnace test to make a muoh larger percentage
of increase as to out put.
We are now going ahead with the work to increase the
.bricker plant and hope to have entire plant in operation by May
next.
We have tested Mill #1 and succeede-d in getting capacity
of 308 tons per hour and we are safe on the eetimated capacity of
5000 tons per day,
As to the stosk I have delayed answering your letter until
I could go to New York and see some of the people on Wall Street.
I find some of it can be bought at about 75/,, I asked the brokers
to keep me advised as to the market and if there is anything
of interest comes up; will advise you,
J/'f
Yours very truly,
Kebruary 2&, 1897
New York * N. j . Telephone Co:
16 smith Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bear Sirs:-
«* ^ w contraot oojsr_
7 r ?■*“■* in™''hu> « - - ~ *. «. — ..
Xlevrll^n Park, Orange , N* j#
This contraot is to, be the one , that is unlimited as to
th. — of ealin par ^ ^ _
presentative tha*, you, W1n n.,± , „ _
wiij. pU1> An a VQry. nloQ mtttu
Yours ve*y t*uly.
February 2«,1897<
Messrs. Pilling & Crane,
Girard Building,
Philadelphia, Penn.
Dear SirsS-
Confirming telephone conversation ; | beg to say
that Mr. Edison and the writer expect to be at mill all of nes
week, excepting Monday, Will be. glad to see Mr. Pilling as v
have several matters tc talk over with him.
Yours
Mr Alex. Pollock,
15 Qortlandt Street,
New York gity.
Dear Slrj-
On my return here I find that our. boys neglected to
forward you sample of oil as promised. I talked the matter over
with Mr. Edison., he has come to the conclusion based upon some
experiments that he has tried , that he will adopt the Filter Bag
system as we find that it does its work very well and the
out-fit is inexpensive.
Thanking you for your trouble in the matter, we are
Yours very truly,
February 27, 1897,
Mr. Wcrv G. Mather,
Marchantile Bank Building,
Cleveland, Ohio’.
Dear SirS~
Replying to your favor of 5th inst., to Mr. Kdieon
relative to the Mlchigamme property, we beg to at ate 'that owing
to present low price of ore , we could no* very well consider
doing anything with your property at present,
Should we be able to do so in future we will communicate
with you.
Youre very truly,
/
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February 26, 1897.
My Bear Miller
Mr Edison has handed, rrie your letter of the 3rd, •
asking me to write you our experience .vr.ii.th the malleable iron
bricker dies, which we have case hardened* vWe send. you under se¬
parate cover a piece of one showing how deep the hardening goes
and as things look now we will undoubtedly adopt malleable
iron dies for that particular work, as theyv are inexpensive com¬
pared with chilled iron, and we also find that in hardening they
do not change thior shape, so that we can finish before the hard¬
ening takes place.
This is quiet a desirable feature Should you oare to
make any experiments in this line and have not the facility for
case hardening you will find that Messrs. J. H. Sternbergh & Son
of Reading , Penn . , will do very good work for you.
We do not know whether they can harden pieces of castings,
without hardening them qll through as so far all the work we
have donev required equal hardening at aj.1 parts.
yours very, truly.
Eor the Construction of Eight Briefer furnaces ana Ovens.
tpo be constructed according to the following specification and
accompanying drawings A 1399 and £ 140b, and upon the Foundation
erected and furnished by th e New Jersey and Bensylvania Concen¬
trating Works, at Edison, Sussex qo'. New Jersey.
The total length of furnaoe and oven to be twenty feet and
two inche a ( 20 * -2" ) ; the width of furnace seven feet (7'-0")center
to center; tlve. width of Oven five feet six inches (5’-6i’};the
heightof furnace six feet three inches (6* -3"); the height of oven
twenty three feet ( 231-0") above its foundation.
The furnace to be constructed with a fuel chamber four feet
seven in dies (4’ -7" ) long, four feet four inches (4’-4n) in width,
and the height above bearer bar at furnace door to be thirty two
inches (32") and at the back end thirty eight inches (38").
The tops to be made ’with longitudinal arch of nine inches (9")
fire brick and nine (9") red brick laid straight;the sides
to be sixteen inch (16?) walls with a fire lining of equal
number of four and one half inch (4-i/2" ) straight line and nine
inches ( 9 "^-roulaclr or cross laid brick, the fire lining to go
from the bottom of the grate bars to the abutments of the arch
into which the walls are to be interlocked , and the red brick
of said walls are to be interlocked into the fire brick lining.
Below the fuel chamber will be found the ash pit and of the
following measurement- s; the length four feet seven inches (4?~7"
the width to be four feet '(41-4"), and height at front end twenty
five inches (25">, and at back end nineteen inches (19"9 Jthe
height to top of dead plate on the fuel chamber Casting to be
twenty-eight .{281') ;at the proper base of the grate the bearing
bars are to be masoned into the side walls.
In the ash pit and at the proper distance from the center,
three, feet one inch (3l-l*) and at the proper height of twelve
inches {12*} and extending into the side wall thirty inches (30«)
is to be masoned the air pipe . ten inches diameter (10* ) with
its elbows to be furnished by the Oompany.
Into said front wall of furnace and ash pit the cast iron
casings for the doors will have to be set and solidly masoned,
and in said front of fuel chamber and at the proper distance, of
four f'jeh iou>.- inches ( i' - 4 11 } from the base lino and in ihc ct
is another air pipe, extending in the thickness of front -vail
thirteen inohen (IS"), of ten inches dlaraeter{10") with its
elbow.
At the laat two ovens the bolts and th&ir anchors are to
be solidly masoned for the buckstays at the end, and are to be
put in by the Contractor where required; all castings , bolts and
air pipes will be furnished by the Company.
The said furnace to be connected to the oven and constructed
with a flue a« shown and of dimensions as follows , the width
to be two feet eix inches (5?.* -6"); height from base line two feet
eight inches ?2’ -!*.»); and height from center of arch down twenty
five inches (25*); the thirlmess to We fifteen, inches (15”} and
follow with its top line to continue with the arch of ir.'-t
furnace; the sides to bs lined with fir a oriel? four and one half
inchest 4-a/fc*} straight line and nine inches (9°) cross laid fire
brick, the bottom to be lined with fire brick as shown, on the
drawing A 1399. The said side walls of the furnaces to be thirty-
two inches (32”) thick, between each furnace.
lo the furnace ia anchored and connected the Brisker Oven,
the diraenaions of which are ae follows ,on the inside the length
from the back of the fuel chamber to be fourteen feet sixteinches -
(14!_6"J; the width on inside at bottom two feet six inches (21-6}
for a length of thirteen feet three inches (131-3?}, and the re¬
maining fifteen inches (15?) to be three feet (3'-0"). The dimen¬
sions on the outside to be fifteen feet six inches (15l;-6»)long
from the top of the furnace ; the width to be five feet six inches
(5'-6J)the height to be twenty -three feet (231 -0") from top of
foundation ; the inside at the base to be three inches (3») thicker
to form a resting shoulder for cross. laid fire clay tile, the
sides to be lined with fire brick not less than four and one
half inches thick for a height of twenty-3ix inches} 26*) and length
of thirteen feet three inches (13li-3S), the thickness of walls for
a height of twenty-six inches }26") to be eighteen inohes(l8*)
thick.
AL1 walls on inside as well as outside to be plumb, and
above the base or foundation no less than eighteen inohes^lS")
thick in total. The base of the inner space of the oven to be
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to tie thirteen feet (131-0'’) long from the flue and above the
shoulder to be three feet wide, the walla above said shoulder
to be plumb and of equal right angular area and have a thickness
of fifteen inches (15") in total and to be constructed of
an outer wall; one brick in length an inner wall of
one brick in thickness ' and the remainder of space
between a filling of Mineral Wool as shown.
The inner space above the shoulder is constructed to con-
tain a chain conveyor with bucket which travels through the
said space and said chain and buckets their idler Wheels and Shafts
and Journals and boxes will be furnished by the Company, with
frames and bolts and anchors to hold the journal boxes or Wall
Castings in place.
trhe contractor is to place and mason all the boxes and their
holding bolts and anchors into the walls according to the
dimensions given in the drawings and directions given by the
Engineer hr agent of the Cjonpanv,
-'All fire brick to be laid in day mortar and all red brick
to be laid in lime mortar and the courses to made
level lines.
24-
and binders to the courses to be laid across about every sixth
course, and about twenty-four inohes(24s) apart, or according to .
special instructions . given by the Company's Egineer or agent;
The wrought iron binders that are shown on the drawings to be
placed and masoned at proper intervals longitudinally of twenty-
four inches(24“) apart and every sixth(6) course in height and
between the binders or according to special instructions of the
Conqaanyts Engineer or agent.
The tie rods and bolts are to be placed according to the
dimensions given on the drawings and the anchors and bolts for
holding the oast iron top to be placed according to the dimensions
given on the drawing*
She Mineral Wool the Contractor must put or have it put
in the apace between the inner wall and the outer wall, and he
must not build hie walls more than two feet high, before the
-Mineral Wool is put in place in order that he can properly fill
the said space with Mineral Wool according to special instructions
given by the Compands Engineer or Agent.
i
The contractor to erect all Scaffolding, material for which
Will bo furnished by the Company. The material will be furnished *
by the company, hut all labor of every kind for laying brisks
and mixing mortar &c*e?, to be famished by the Contractor.
All work to be of the best workmanship and to the entire satis¬
faction of the Company and to be according to the Specification
and drawings as well as to the instructions given by the
Company !s or their Engineer or agent.
March 5, 1897.
Messrs. .T. H. Rternbergh & Ron,
Reading, Penn.
Dear Sir:-
We send y op two samples , each being one half of two
of the malleable iron casting that you case hardened for us.
You will note that on one sample the hardening is quite uniform
and averages about l/ltt* deep; while on the other the hardening
has not gone any pepth'. Please advise ub if the castings were
treated together and under same conditions as to time of heating,
temperature Ac, and also whether both cooled in salt water.
We are very much interested in this matter , and if we can
get uniform results , it will enable us to do away with chilled
iron castings, which are difficult to machine.
If you want to make further experiments we will .be glad to
send you more finished samples.
Yours
•y truly,
I
Mar eh 5, 1897
I
Mr. S. J. MeeXer,
Newark,
Nev/ Jersey.
Dear. Sir: -
Knclosea we herewith enclose corrected blue print
D1212 showing change in pattern 4 1441, Please maXe for ue
100 casting as shown, and we will have them machined and hardened
and give them a thorough test and if they work alright • will
place order for larger quantity.
We send you by express two samples, each being one half of
two castings finished and hardened . You will note that each cast
ing has porous places at the top and in line with the surfaces
where we put on the very heavy pressure; if possible we would
like the oastinge sound all the way through. If you put on a
larger header would it not overcome this trouble?
You will note that the case hardening is quite uniform .
mat we like about malleable iron is that we can machine the
castings to size before they are hardened , as we find that the
hardening does not change their chape ; at least it has not so
far.
Yours very truly,
Ma r oil 9, 1897
' |
Mr. H. Livingston Rogers,
9 Pine Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to yours 5th., beg to state that at present
the works here are being increased to fan capacity in some
portions, half capacity in -others and that Ware not runing .
As stated to you before the Ore Milling Co., receives a
royality , independent of the price at which the ore is sold.
We do not think that the present low price of ore will in
way interfere with the interest of the Ore Milling Co.
■ . jr . :"N
Yours very truly,
10', 189 7 1
My Dear Mr. Miller: -
Replying to yours 4th.., would state that I
handed your letter to. Mr Edison and he asked- me to write you
that the process for hardening to which he referred when you
were here East (is the one by which the malleable casting sent
was done; also that he thinks it" very doubful whether you would
be able to harden a portion of the casting and still leave the
other part soft.
We have barely got started yet on the test of the crusher plan
expect to have it going by the latter part of the week. We are
however progressing on the new work and are making every effort
to get off as early in the Spring as possible.
Yours very truly,
, March ,10, 1897.
Messrs, Gildemeister & Kami),
Covlenss,
Germany.
Dear Sirs!-
Replying to yours 20th. Ultimo.. .0 »« « •««
the analysis of our ore is as follows!
Metallic Iron
Phosphor ie
Sulphur
Silica
Manganese
Alumina
lime
Magnesia
60.72
.035.
.265
,152
.410
jsia
«... ,h.« .0 y~ »y rom
i„ .hioh our or. i. .hippo*. Will you ^
pri... for hi* ».— * — »“ »’ M”“ I"*-
March 11,1897.
March-' 11 » 189 V.
March 12, 1897.
March 19, 1897.
Mr Arthur H. Jloyd,
115 Dearborn Street,
In receipt of yours 13th , enclosing Supplementary
agreement for which I am obliged.
Will be glad to see you when you come Raet . Wo -re ma«
to, quit. «»««*>*■ »” «* M’ “ ,Iral“
.11! not got going .« ..«* 1» •» « ■**
„„ Wro,«..nt. non . nnlon -fo™ nnd onp.ot.d to «... «U
.... futun. tl». »«. «-»— > *l" ” *
month.
»ro ..Hind thfi nattrla! .< WT-W™ -.l* M»W
you. If It 1» not 'to nuoh trouOia , oil* thgt y«l«o»W ***
u. . out on .nnt m *w. «■»,;*• “ !,oMW
no non*. * to .« -0« 0* t«0 -H** «>,?. «» *f W
plant.
X thnt I ..good «* WS«.»t"t •*W»* -
and 1 should have signed it fle4‘ ana Tr9®**
Letterbook, LM-231
This letterbook covers the period March-May 1897. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company. The
letters deal mainly with personnel matters, building renovations, equipment,
and supplies. Included are letters relating to iron ore prices, the proper
method of heating briquettes, and comments on making briquettes with Mesabi
ore. Other items pertain to the value of Edison Ore Milling Co. stock, the
choice of insurance carriers, and work done for the New Jersey Zinc Co. The
book contains 497 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 5 percent of
the book has been filmed.
Messrs, billing & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sirs:-
V/e are in receipt of yours 30th. to Mr. Edison r^a&v.
to the briefer problem at Pittsburg, "
V/e understand tliat they are trying to brick the fine or9
of Mfssabe. Mr. Edison says that they have considerable of a
problem on hand, he already having done some work on this ore.
Regarding the prices, he says, the lower they get the non
Bessemer the better he will, be pleased , as the low*,. price
the more the Eastern furnaces can afford to poy for our material
for their .mixtures,
Your« very truly.
New Jersey * Pennsylvania CON. Wc8.
Toledo,
Ohio.
April 10, 1897.
Dear sirs:-
V/e think of .purchasing a 'rant Steam shovel of 1-3/4 or
2 cubic yard dipper; but want to be satisfied that it will do our
work.
We desire to pick up rock varying in 6ize fr.om. five tons
down to powder as it is blown from the face of the quarry.
Our crashing machinery crushes five ton pieces and we thought
possibly that we could use the caane as a derrick to load the
large pieces into the skipp on the cars , down to say 2-1/2 feet
square and use the dipper to »oad the smaller pieces.
Will the shovel work in mixed rock of 2-3/2 square and finer
with advantage V
The face of our quarry will ultimately be 2000 feet long
and 40 feet high perpendicular. The ore when blasted falls to the
bottom and extends outward from the face 20 to 30 feet , sloping
at an angle of about 25 degrees frm the face. We want to work
parallel with the faoe of the cut. What are
the possiblitiea of
April 16, 1897,
.83
April 16, 1897.
Mias Sarah X. Hill,
154 Tremont Street,
. Boeton,- :Masa*\ *• ,
Dear -Madam: -a ~i
Replying to yours 9th„, which has been waiting my
return and I beg: to- state ' that if you will write to Mr. S. N.
isor-. ^ . i". ■
Noyes, Edi son Building, New York City, he willr.be able to give
you the present; market prices of the Edison Ore Milling Co, stock.
We take the liberty to suggest that if it is not necessary
to make the sale of the stack at .present, the probability is that
it will bring a much higher price ^before thread of the year
as we expect to get our new works into operation sometime during
the coming summer and the Ore Milling Co will from that time on
reoeive quite an income from royalties.
Yours very truly.
New jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wk*~ ■>.
>6
Mr. .iohn Ur ant,
195 headway.
New , York- City.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of March 30 to Mr. Edison has just been
referred to ua, for an answer and replying to same we beg to state
that we have, , been the last , thr-.e or four years"' erecting a
large plant at this jijLace on which we have expended over
$2,600,000.00. and we expect to get in full' operation between now
and fall at which time the Edison Ore Wiling co., will commence
to receive incomes in the. way. of Royalties and we believe the
sttck will be quite valueable. s . ...
" ."..i!,*y a d the 4V *♦ 'ir • . j ■■
As to the notices of the meetings not having been sent you
, would say that ones each year the Company holds itsarmual
meeting and notices of it is always advertised in New York paper
-cry t- 1-.
as required by law.
.T sr #•*. *- We . .
We would be obliged if you would send us the addresses of your
friends ,who also hold some of this stock, so that we may put
their names on our books.
Yours very truly,
2&
)
April 24, 1897.
Col« John H. Wood,
169 Broadway,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Sdieon and the writer went over our ihsurancs last
night and are not at all pleased with the way in whioh you have
placed it. We object to such large lines with the following
Companies.
Westchester $55150.
Insurance Co. State Of N. Y« $$1000.
Globe. §26500‘
Norwood 11500 *
Nor do we like muoh insurance in Companies like Broadway
Standard New Jersey, or Union Mutual Fire Of New Jersey.
Hereafter do lot take a line with any Company to exceed
$25000 and we would prefer it to be less.
You will reduce the amounts at once as follows*.
MUMM to Br.ad.ay to *5000, 't-a-rano. Co. st.t.
Of fora $20000, standard of Ha. Jeraay to $2500, Glooe $100
248
K’”'°oa “ Oo. Ne» Jersey 0(moel
$1500.
We- find there are nearly 200 Companies doing business in
New \ork ;and we are in about forty, w* want mora Conpnnies and
a mailer li»~* we are compelled to pay a very high premium v
want the Jieet pbaaible protection.
Yours very truly.
New J ersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
249
April 24, 1897.
Col. John H. Wood,
169 Broadway ,
Hew York city.
Dear sir:-
PleaBS make the following changes in our insurance
at once.
Change #34 to #22, making all bricker plant #22 and transfer
insurance now on #34 , so it will cover building and machinery
#22.
Change #5 to #2 and transfer all insurance now on #5 so it
will cover building and machinery #2, this we want to do eo to
make ore’ mill one risk ( please change this on your fire plan)
Building #1 Reduce building from #10500 to #5000 and
machinery from #35000 to $20000.
Building #2 (including ineurance to be transfered from #5jt as
above) Increase building from $$42250 to $50000 and machinery
from $99500 to $125000
Building #3 Reduce building from $23000 to$10000 , stock from
$30000 to #25000 and Keep $10500 on machinery «js at present.
250
Building #4 Cancel §5000 on building and §1000 on machinery.
Building #6, #22, & #34. , are all to be known as #22. , as
adviaea you the other day and as above
Building #22. Increase building from §14500 to §20000 and
machinery from §45500 to §75000
Building #30. Redued building from #10000 to #5000 and keep
machinery #5000 as at present.
Building #32, Cancel #500 on building and- #3500 on machinery.
Building #39» Increase building from $10000 to $12500 ana
machinery from $77000 to $90000.
Building #40. Reduce Building from $10000 to $5000 and
machinery from $12000 to $5000.
Building #43. Cancel $2000 on machinery.
Building #50. Cancel $2000 on building/ and $5000 <)n
machinery.
A good many of the above changes can be made by tranAfering
the policies fron one buiiaing to another without cancelling the
polioiee. We shall expect you to make the changes with least aa
possible PSSlirto us. Please give the matter your immediat§,y
attention.
..,000 , stock from
at present.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con, Wks.
272
May 5th. 1897.
Alex backus ;
Bear 'Hr: -
":!nco my return I have talked with our people
here and they think it useless to try anything out the heaviest
shovel. They also object to the upright boilers.
Hoy/ long will it take to build the ninety ton shovel , 2-1/2
yard dipper.
Your enemy , the J. F . & M. r;., has one which he says can
06 finished in three wseks and gurantees 2000 cubic yards of our
rock in ten hours or no pay.. This is more that I think it will
do, although I have no knowledge of the workings of a shovel.
I see no way out of it but to take this or some other
heaviy shovel for test. Tf.it does the work I snail want two more.
When do you expect build another ninety ton shovel , or must
it be built on order V Also what i3 the shortest time you will
guarantee delivery^
Yours very truly,
0t$
y
May 13, 1897,
Vulcan iron Works po.,
Toledo,
Ohio.
Dear Sirss-
Bnclosed we herewith hand you our acceptance of pro¬
position made ue this day , also copy of specification Binned
by your Mr. Backus.
Please acknowledge receipt of the letter, also send us the
copy of the specif ication of the Carnegie shovels as promised.
YourB very truly,,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania C<
Vulcan Iron Works,
Toledo ,
Ohio.
Dear Sirs:-
We accept your proposition of this date to furnish us
one of your "Giant" claB3 A special 90 ton Steam shovel for
handling loose and broken rook and ore, constructed as per
specifications hereto attached , and you agreet baring strikes
or unforseen accidents beyond yoixr control) to ship this
shovel on or before July 10th. next. The price for this shovel
to., be nine thousand (#9000) dollars F. 0. B. cars at Toledo, 0h6
Ohio.
You will send a competent engineer to accompany said shovel
to its destination at Edison, K. J. to superintend setting up
and to operate the shovel for a period of fifteen -days (15) , to
demonstrate capacity and durabilty, of shovel
as represented
by you and teach our men. You will bear -he expenses of your
engineer' Ml other expenses vve are to bear-
guarantee said Steam Shovel to load one thousand (1000)
382
a
cubic yards of our blasted roch, measured in place after blasting,
on yo our cars in a day of tenllO) hours each, provided that thea
ears are properly placed for the shovel to reach them without
delay. You guarantee to do this continuously.
It is provided that we remove all the larger p**”3** of rook
down to 3-1/2 ^et cube, and to do so without delaying the
steam shovel and if chained and ready for shovel, that the sho¬
vel will handle the pieces as well, such pieces to be a part
of the 1000 cubic yards.
Should you fail to have a satisfactory trial in (15) days.,
you will extend time reasonably until you shall have ful-filled y
your guar 99*
you mi f « " u.pre.ontso, *» f
.uovol you o„ oxo.u.0 fr',iS" ” "W
have paid on same.
In case you cannot deliver the
to loan us one .« Giant B- shovel
shovel by July 10th. you agree
until you can deliver the 90
ton shovel, we
to pay freight one way.
383
You will guarantee the shovel against breakage, in the
ordinary operation of the shovel, for sixty(HO) days, should any
breakage occur , except through carelessness of our men, you
will furnish such parts without charge. If at the expiration of &
the fifteen(15) days, or more, you shall have fulfilled your
guarantee and the shovel proves to be as represented, we are tp
accept it, relieve your engineer and pay you nine thousand
(9000) dollars , one third cash, one third four months note,
and balance six months note from date of acceptance of shovel;
notes to bear 6% interest.
Yours very truly,
384
May 12 1897.
Soeoification for the 90 ton 7ulcan Steam Shovel.
To weigh 9o tons or more, Oar 10 feat wide, 37 feet long
sills of 15" I beams 3o pounds per foot or more; deck of 3/2"
steel plates. House frame of heavy s.teel beams and .channels
extra strong and well braced.
Special extra heavy trucks; extra heavy steel jack arms with
6" steel screv/s, Special round dipper with 2-1/4 cubic yards
capacity with heavy teeth.
15 „ steel dipper arras with heavy steel reaching
5" s'lid steel shipper shaft in bra«e housing adjustable
Kxtra heavy boiler and steam fittings, Brass valves a>~d
4
gauges.
Double 13" x 16 ’* hoisting engines
60" x 7" " gear.
IX » x 7" " pinion brass.
18" " drum.
7" x 9" swinging engines - duplex,
. 48" x 4" " gear.
7" x 4" " pinion - brass.
385
swinging drum with wrought iron lading.
7" x 9" crafts engines - duplex
42" x 4" « ggar
6" x 4" ” pinion brass.
Heavy steel crane 23 feet high- 25 feet reach each side from
center, and 14 feet clear lift with door oPen above level of track
Steel propelling chain wheels, steel mast and trunions, steel
chain sheaves large diameter; l-3/8« iron hoisting chain
of extra quality; l-l/4« swinging chain extra quality- square
link extra drop forged steel propelling chains- special marine
firs box boiler tested to carry 125 pounds steam pressure-
shovel to be all complete in all parts.
4i
Mow Yen'* Life Buildlnn
.ar Sir:- ,
i« receipt T»l8'!'-“ ””4'',a
ravW. Ma« for »*. 0~“““ *-*'
«». i“PS°tl°“
c„„ *i» >»* «-W-«- «. *«* «» «•
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rhich we fully not»»
I„ reply .. »« to state «... »— ««« ”"8
- r~~— «•
New Jersey
& pemoylvania Con. Wk«.
402
May 14, 1897,
New Jersey Zinc Co.,
52 Wall Street,'
New York City.
Dear Sira*-
Heplying to your a. 6th. and 13 th/ webeg t.o, eay .that
our 5th covered the proposition as made by Mr. Edison and as
understood by him.
The royalty is based on actual dead coat of the dryer
ready for erection byyou, if procured from outside parties,
yours very truly.
New Jersey &
(ylvaniq Con. WKi
Cs'S
Passaic /Rolling Mill Co,,
Paterson,
New Jersey,
De$r Sirs:-
Y/e are anxious to know whether the iron ore » Briquet-
can be used- to advantage in the 4pen hearth furnace for burnin,
out the carbon. We have about ' half a car load on hand that .v
assays about 65* metallic iron .045 phosphorus, .015 Sulphur
and if you are willing to try the experiment , we will be glad
ship them to you without charge.
The only question with us is whether they are heavy enough
to sink through the slag. May we ship them?
Yours very truly.
New Jersey A Pennsylvania Con
Letterbook, LM-232
This letterbook covers the period May-June 1897. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the company. The
letters relate mainly to personnel matters, building renovations, insurance,
equipment, and supplies. Included are letters sent to prospective contractors
regarding the company’s decision to have bricking machines made in four
different shops (an example has been filmed). Some letters deal with work
done for the New Jersey Zinc Co. The spine is stamped "Letters" and is
labeled "May 21, 189[7] to June 23." The book contains 498 numbered pages
and an index. Less than 5 percent of the book has been filmed.
May 21, 1897,
Birmingham Iron Fouhdry ,
Birmingham,
Conn.
Dear Sirs:-
Under separate cover we send you our blue prints show¬
ing our 3" bricking machine. You will note that on attached
sheet we have divided the work into four Jobs. We do this with
the idea of placing the work in more than one shop, as we are in
the greatest possible hurry for it, and every day we can save is
of importance to us.
Please make us your price per pound P. 0. B. Edison, N. J.
inoluding the machine work on each job as shown and state how
soon you could postively ship after receipt of patterns.
Wedrwill consider a bid on all the work provided the time of
delivery ie quick enough. We will supply necessary gauges and
templates.
Yours very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
V. P.
My
1897.
Mr. R„ N. Dyer,
31 Nassau street,
T,Tew York City.
Dear Sir:-
On ray return, to the laboratory yesterday I found your
telephone message stating that Mr Varies would not oe able to
meet Mr. Edison to-day.
I spoke to Mr. Edison about going to New York, and if you
can arrange an appointment for some Monday or Tuesday he will go
to New York to meet Mr Searles,
7
Yours very truly,
lot—
May 27, 1897.
Vulcan Iron Works,
Toledo,
Ohio.
Dear Sire S -
We are in receipt of yours 25th. , enclosing "letter
from your engineer, who is runing the last Carnegie shovel, which
we herewith return. We are obliged to you for it.
Mr Bells on thinks the shovel is doing great work.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
V.
W. C. Francis,
^ Op Oka,
Kansas.
aar Sir$-
Rep lying to yiurs 19th to Mr Edison, we beg to say t]
r Edison has already lone some work on low grade gold ores;
at that he has been , ant is so busy here, that of late he has
not given it much attention, he however hopes to get at it aga
oraetime next year.
Yours very truly,
Nfiw Jer-Bev & Pennsylvania Con. Wk
May 29, 1897'.
New Jersey Zinc Co.,
52 Wall Street, \
New Vork City.
Dear Sirs:-
Wc are in receipt ofNyours 27th. and we herewith enolose
carbon copies of the orders we have placed for your account and won
would suggest that you confirm them.',
The estimate 3ent you" covers'xthe cost with the exception
of several patterns which will need to 'be made changed to make
the dryer take the size of material you expect to try., also the
ime of our draughtsmen in making changes in\the dryer.
At this writhing we do not think of anything elee.
We also enclose memorandum of the number of red brick
and fire brick ., also the number of barrels of fire c3.ay and
nishels of lime you will need, and would suggest that yoi\order
these yourselves , as we have not aejked for bids on them.
The 30’’ stack and connections we have not as yet i
will send you a copy of order as soon as closed on it.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey * Pennsylvania Con. Wke.
Blooms bur
Thn iflnirtK of a Rin.tlo car should be ample
sroulcl be at least three f bet :or :more from th9..brake , to . the skip
nhich rests ofo'ss ways on t^.e'1 Cars'. -'ir?.-, xs*, }
The body of the ^ar^if be -> iofc I; hpams,. ,?”d
very strong. The ffidr ,^th r.bare ^ri^etod
on to prevent skips froA sltppin^cbff*' •••••• '■■;■■■■ <*«;.-
'Please advise us as to what you can furnish, and <iuote
us price P. 0. B» ; E&isoh, Ni' ji' If -there- is - any ; ipf ormatio
please oouanunioate with us. -'O'-v. .• ;
\v •i.K; ’ * y'ours "very truly *>,•: • *>..> >.rs\Ulr,“. «•=•
" '-'diTt - New-1 Jersey & Pennsylvania 'Con. . ,Wk a.
' w. »ouici *VWiwi &’ w «ii« •**»•
ten 3’ gauge dump cars, we u” ” . ,,d8 or oend tv
s mishti-feeti , them. ,, A.s, ,
ho-noituwant
pur-
June 11, 1897,
.Pilling & Orano,
Philadelphia;,
Pa raw
Baas: Sira: -
Your Mr. Pilling will remember, no doubt,.the l/2 oar
ioaft of. briquettes which were ..left , after owr-t test run at
>ri«ker plants . . , ( , *. ' , M. ..
Desiring to got rid of them we asked the Paeoaio
oiling mil. Co., to try them in their soplon *.e^rtJ>
and are in receipt of the following from them to-day.
" One of' our melters liked the way in which the Sriquetts
irked in our open he^th furnooe.., ana the other molter thought '
fit the briquettes were. a lpp9m§ll„.and ./bfli^Oft^-t^ati ..
re larger they would sink into the melter and give bet&eip,
■suits" •
« You might if you, lease, let us know at what price
a could furnish these briquettes delivered on oars here"
T-e write you, thirftW It ^vohdbly it will be of
•.ereet to you.
Yours very truly.
368
June 12, 1397.
Col. John H>. Woo a,
109 Broadway,
New York City.
jear Sir:-
We notice by Bally papers that the Norwood Insurance
Company -has impaired its Capital something over $50,000 and
that it has reinsured, a portion of its risks in Providence
Companies.
Will you please learn for us "whether the $11, on
our plant ie among the policies they have reinsured.
Youre very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
V. P.
398
Mr-ddletown Car Work h,
Middletown.
Penn.
Wear Sire:-
W8»lyin5 to yours 14th*o wo bag to state that we will
write you next week on the return of our Mr. Edison , aa we desire
to submit yen? sketches to him.
Yours very truly
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
V. p'
June 19, 1897,
Vulcan Ii»on Works,
Toledo,
Ohio*
Dear Sirsl-
Kep lying to yours to our Mr. Conley. , we beg to ear
that we have all our works well in hand, and we have every
reason to believe that it all will be completed by July 20th, and
the entire plant ready to run by that date., provided you deliver
the steam shovels as agreed.
Y/e have already written you any delay after that date
will cause us a great loss. We ahall expect you to work the
necoessory fords to compote the ohovel according to your con¬
tract.
Our. Yir, Edison says that your plant is large enough
to do %'ke wori{ in contract time if you work enough man.
Yours'very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con* Wks.
\ ' W p*
■ V- \ ■
47G
Bloomsburg Mf(j. Co.»
Bloomsburg,
Penn.
Dear Sirs!”
t. yo,u-5 !«»., w« »« to «.t. «•
™oxp.ot,at- .no ,» -o 5o„e ov.r V-
bl„. — - - ~ - - - - ~ " *“ *“
„ -** - - -- ~ ;wi* °r ,ow
and toe ear should be at least 9’ ions ov*f all.
PXoase quote us price on the 1» cars and state ho,
soon you could ship alter receipt of order.
Also sive us specifications of what you propose
furnish.
Yours very truly*
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wt«.
74 Cortlandt St.
New York City.
Bear Siro:-
Replying to your postal 16th which has been .forwarded
to us here., v/e beg to state that the Brennan crusher did not
not run to exceed three or four months and that we used to pu
through it about 30 tons per hour.
The machines are in very good shape and we would like
to sell them both.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wk
June 19, 1897.
1/
Dea.- Edgar
We are about to buy ateam valves for our new
Power Plant where wo carry 150 pounds preaaure. Will you pleaae
adviae ua what make and style of valves you have found'moat
satisfactory for work.
Thanking you in advance for your reply, I am.
Yours very truly,
483
June 19, 1897.
Dear Mr. Marks : -
We are about to buy steam valves for our new
Power Plant where we carry 150 pounds pressure. Will yoxx please
advise us what make and style of valves you have found most
satisfactory for work.
Thanking you in advance for your reply, I am
Yours very truly.
, D. Mark 8 Esq.,
Betz Building,
Philadelphia, Penn.
Letterbook, LM-233
This letterbook covers the period June-July 1897. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company. The
letters relate mainly to personnel matters, equipment, and supplies. Some of
the letters deal with work done for the New Jersey Zinc Co. The spine is
stamped "Letters" and is labeled "June 22, 1897 to July 31, 1897." The book
contains 499 numbered pages and an index. Less than 5 percent of the book
has been filmed.
?9
.Tuna 28, 2897.
Vulcan Iron Works,
Toledo,
Ohio.
Dear SirsS-
We are in receipt of yours 21at. which we have fully
noted' As to the time of delivery we do not quite understand
whether you expect to ship it by July 15th as you write" We are
working constantly, day, nitfit and Sundays on your shovel and we
have no fear of being inside of o«r vime limit" Please advise if
we are to understand by this you mean , if you expect to ship
shovel by July 15th.
We note the record of 222 cars in ten hours made by
shovel 125. This is certainly big work and it seems to us that
you easily ought to fulfill our contract as to tonage.
We have just been advised by C. R. R. of N. J. that on
our braoh between lake Hopatoong Junction and Edison there is a
bridge that will just pass 14* 8" high and 10’ 4" wide., so you
will be compelled, as already written, to leave off pieces
shown on your sketch that makes shoyel 11’ 1" wide.
Yours very truly,
June 26, 1897,
83
•Tune 2<i, 1897.
Mr. 0. I.. Bryant,
High Bridge,
New Jersey.
Hear Sira 5-
We are just in receipt of a telegram from Toledo
Foundry & Machine Co as folloivs"Shovel leaves shop to-day. Had
trouble routing, Union line cannot take it. Must be shipped by
lake Shore and Michigan Southern. "
We at once telegraphed the Toledo people that limit.,
of bridge near lake Hopatcong Junction werel4' 8” high and 10' 4"
wide, and at the same time telegraphed you as to the change in
routing.
As we wrote you sometime since we gave orders for them
to ship by Union line and your road as per your request and hay<
not changed them.
Ypurs very truly,
NewJersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wk(
V. P.
Mr. G. M. Clapp-,
74 Cortlarrdt street,
New York City.
■pear Sir 8 : -
Wa are in receipt of your favor of June 50th., and
in reply ■sra bag to aay that your eonsnisoion trill be protected
if you make the sale of the Kronen crusher.
VTe have purchased new boilers in order that we may
S9fe the right sines.
Yours very trttly*
New J^rpey & Pennsylvania Con. Wko.
V. P.
July Kna. 1897
204
July 7th, 1897,
Messrs. Pi iiinc & Cr ane»
Philadelphia,
Penn,
Dear Sirs
lie,. Edison has Mly noted yours 1st and surest
that Mr. Felton delays his visit to Edison until after we
start up. which we expeci to do by August 1st. We are already in
receipt of one steam shovel and shipment of the other is promised
in a few days. We have a little gripping to do with them and
full. expect every ,IK to 0. reedy W *>«»•*. “*,««*. ““T
ever if it .ill he Mere eonvehieht for Mr. f.l.on 'to —
before that time, .e will ho very died *. *«•»»•
.ill be here the —o dev that Mr. *.»» ». yoor.elf de.id,
to come.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. WKs.
210
July 7 th / 1897.
Weimar Machine Works Co.,
Lebanon,
Pennw
Dear Sirs!-
Conflrmine talephono raessase so bee to state that
.ape.. to TUI - tar tho M. o» tho 5. a .• fh • that *
e„the casting below the bearing whioh Is onsite the —oh,*
bearing pedestal. .
We alBO bee to state that the hoieo foe the 7/8- s u
that ©aetinga #2157 to #8153 ^
aeep. Also a. stated W tslenhon, • have received oae ...»
ehovel and the other on. i. to he -hipped to-—, —Ins
hero nb oat the IPth., so *t - — « ^
, will be ready to start our plant. Every day
all in place we will oe ro*u-v
Tr vou will put every man
now of the utmost importance to us. If you „
work and will alsoitwork nights, we ar
possible on our work, and ^ a c08t on over
to do whatever is fair and suitable
. on that the seven
time. We trust you will be *** ** ^ possible %im
~ now read, « be •«— _ ^ ^
vou will complete the machine
weimer Machine Works.
additional as with ten bricking machines readme would be ab:
to start up our p^ant. Also ship us the othe* parts that are
ready so we may have everthinfe here in readies as soon as tl
bed castings are received.
We trust that you will appreciate1 our situation and
everything in your power to help us 3et- started.
YourB very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wk
213
July 7th. 1S97<.
Mr. Emil oreiner,
143 William Street,
New York City*
Dear Sirt-
Oonflmta: v.rb.1 .«» «lr» y=» at 0r„5. y«t.rw
plaace **, for «. » »«W «>,mo„.tor.. UK, .Kotoh »or,„ith
to road from 300 dour,,, to *50 0.PW ■»« to oho.
tir, dogroeo, Thoc. oaoe. to »e of braoo. '» *«’“
a. at Ora rtg, rcttorday. a.lp~» « 611 — to *“* *“
days and as nnoh earlier aa possible.
It is of the utmost importance that we have the
' v.r,,t+ ten dava, as we will be unable to start our
thermometers in about ten ea. ,
works until they are received.
Price on the above to be $4.73 each F. 0. B. „«r York,
Yours very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Don, Wks*
V» Po
July 8ti.. 1897,
Rogers XooOriiotivo Works,
Paterson,
New Jersey,
Dear Sirs;-
Confirming telephone message we beg to state that the
4li stance from top of ral^ to center of ^drawbar la 23*. We
also understand that you will make both the front and back
drawbars so they will work On a radius. This we think is
desirable on account of our short curves.
\7e are very, glad to hear that the looOHiota ve will
be shipped on time*
Yours very truly ,
New Jersey Js P<
lylvania Con. *Wk8«
July 13, 1897.
Y/eimer Machine Works Oo.,
Lebanon,
Penn*
Dear Sirs:-
The writer finds yours 9th. awaiting his return ana
in reply we beg to state that we have about decided we will make
a start of our plant on the receipt of six aaaitional machines
runing brisker plant night ana aay, ana balance of the plant
single shift and then as soon after the balance of the machines are
received, putting on night shift on the balance of our plant.
We are making every effort in other directions to be ready
and would appreciate it very much if you would try and get the
six frame castings off to us not later than July 22nd, giving
us about one week to put the machines in position ready for work.
As stated before if you find it necessary to work all
night we will be willing to pay you whatever is fair and
equitable for such overtime*
As already requested do not fail to ship us the frame
oaotings as fast as completed, even if it be one frame at a time
as it will. enable us to get ahead with the work of erecting
Lrner Machine Works Co<
Your a very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wki
27
Malleable Iron Fittings Co.,
Branford,
Corn.
Bear Sirs:-
Rep lying to your a 9th., we beG to state that we can
usethe 60 extra oastinga #2184. Please ship , by freight, with
other lot.
’.7e trust that you have forwarded th castings by express
about which we wrote last week. , if they have not gone
forward please hurry them off as soon as possible.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
V. P,
303
July 14th. 1897
Toledo Foundry ft Machine Co.,
Toledo,
Ohio,
.Dear Sirsl-
V/e te leeway ho ft you this morning if you could give ua
names of suitable engineers to run your shovel on night shift
aa we desire to work it night and day oo aa to complete stripping
jit. earliest possible moment and get at the ore teste.
Trusting that you know of sbijq one and thanking you
in advance for your reply, we are
Tours very truly.
New Jersey ft Pennsylvania Con. Tyks»
V. P.
y>. So ?/hat rate shall we pay the engineer and craneman whp
^atae with the ahovel, wh ile they are p.n the work stripping.
Messrs. Pilling & Crane
Philadelphia,
Penn*
Dear SirsS-
T?e have just telegraphed you as follows" We prefer t.
who have either worked on Victor or Vulcan shovels" which we n
beg to confirm.
In talking with the engineer we have here now we f
there is quite a difference as to the operating of the variouo
shovels., and if wfl can get men who are familiar with the
Victor 05 Vulcan shovels, we will be able to make a better out
put with him.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. wks.
We beg to confirm telegram sent you last night that
i shovel had arrived. Your man is at present erecting same and
says he hopes to have it ready for steam on Monday next.
Wo are obliged to you for the statement of work- dine by
shovel 125 and Mr. Kdison Bays « This is a great record".
Ylurs very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con.
July 20th* 182'
Passaic Rolling Mill Co. «
Paterson,
New Jersey*
Dear jjirej-
t7d bog to .confirm telegram sent you- this - morning
aa follows • Have you shipped material for six ton oranet If: hot
when"? ; He have already received all the oast Inge motors etc, <
and are anxiously awaiting for the material from you so are
can go ahead with the erecting*
Vours very truly, ' T-
New Jar coy * Pennsylvania Oon* Wfc*»
July 21, 168? t.
Vulcan Iron Works do. ,
Replying to y cure loth., which I :find..w altlng oy
return., we beg to etate that we find your man hae already
written you th«t we^rlll toe r«a*r for your engineer on Monday
next* «. j,. . „ - , V-u'-.':' ■ '< *
^ -UtlAer®l^t,.**»w*i»n Shovel whieh we could
r.M ':to In f!*»< <*>» trtppted »•»«
U#i* M *• .«nt * *««l *• in oonr.aotlan rtM> cart*, n.
«*»;5rfc ?““* “v‘“ ” -
aanttl priaa pan **.«« “**• “* .am* -Mp.
, Youra very truly,
Nhw Jersey r* Pennsylvania Ofljm. Wke.
July 21, 1897.
m
July 22nd. 189 7 o
Mr. R. 3* Oridl^y »
Orange, '>"*?**
New» Jersey*
Dear S&J^
Please send eb the specific a-Mone for Bogers Locomotive
0Wr ; - eov^rinc engine recently purcfcw ed' of them,- .,,
. f-jv?’ ''V- "■ 'ViliV;. very
7-' "r.'iii, ii" m v.* men,, bn*..
■ “ 7> r r ‘ Nev -Jerse'r. & Pennsylvania, Con, Ww*
Messrs* Pilling & Orana
Philacuap^#.
Dear
, ,, , ,,. ,; t^fl^flSf/atatinc
that Mr. Bel^. v.ery aLM.
to see^ . ; hia»l{l M^rst jy; ,^v^.d^.^M»Jtliiiy jd«Cftil$q,:aa jwtt
have several under consiaerat iop and are^faat^ coming -t6'*rtifo 0'vn>'
oonolnsion that tho beat man we can set will be the cheapest for
Yours very truly
NsT Jersey * Pennsylvania Qotu Whs*
396
Mr. -jr,
str*et%
c/ow DjtMH&ter & co.,
Kff»' VW* v'UY.
:'-'39 ’^ortiah'at Street,
New York city.
■ v '••«■* S' r'tVyy.U i . - . . .. .
Dear - SiriSaplyin'i to ybur« Irith to ?4r« i>Viisp»if shio^j ;«ja h««K
aofcr* -- «*tfry MftfMe *>. i™ WAW*. '■ - ^aH
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ff^fcv,qr^ WfJT-It. Vat
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SSf tf.sreey .v&wp^^si.jEiy^^ooB.v^ika.
v.p.
399
Messrs* Pilling & Crane July sard, ,Ui5/>
Philadelphia,
Penn*
Dear Sirs:- !'c '-*• *_Ca,,
W.’John Bell sailed on ue to-day and we think Mr. Bdiso
Philadelrfri*, Penn* : , „
was quite weH‘^leaaed with his appearance and we rather inferred
that ae ' soon m. we «* ._ the -rb^lar ^Sd?W
• offer Mr. BelinSioaitloxu* In***
i&VQ&V*® ViUit «Vr u ' ' 8
other or'efce "fbrtthe :etrippittgo& lower w;i « a than %aWiqjp»a
•«•* vrtca, -state length ^ Mauo •M,v» - *** ..
sre are very much obliged to you for your help in the
natter and wish you would send us a memorandum of the expenses
for advertising. 3r|
Yours very truly, v.*vj%i;P.n
New Jersey -^Pennsylvania Oon. WKw*.
V/, P*
Ju^sr 24th. XB97.
New Jersey zinc co.(
52 Wall street.
Now York City*
Dear Sire:-
We had a call yesterday from your Mr. WetherhiU. and
promised that we would send you an approximate coat of our 36"
and 24* rolls*, also two sets of 24* threanhighrolls and one
#2 Dryer and we beg to state that the ae« rolls complete with
gears, pulleys, plate* eto etc will coat about $2200 the 24*
roll about $2000 and two seta of 24* three high rolia complete^
with driving geara, air oylinde^a eto, eto about #5000 and one
#2 Dryer oomplete with driving raeohanis* &diit $4000i Tne ahove
is exoluaive of foundations. Sheas ode a are baaadion the cost
of our rolls acme three or few ye^r • ago and we beUfire to day
at lower prioee, that dew be iU ' +* ™ * “*«ad
somewhat.
Yuur Mr, 'wwthorhlll aoKeauo to fiRur* orl two roll*
ot 30" 84*. .1.. »0 IW-. “ w'prSi'00."?« »M
ln oopxloato* »i'hiS»I»'hW4W » «*
t 84* roilB^sr*^ ooneernea aw- oil of *nm «*•« ao
i be made in the
as the 56* and S
designed that any changes and ^pairs
New Jersey zinc (So. -2-
ralnimnm time and they Are ;sl«o ao very heavy that it is almost
Impossible to break soma parts of them.
For crushing three ihoh \eubes and smaller f. we only
us^ one SO" aiid one 34* roll., but we^arry a complete stock
of extras in the way of gears, plates, bolts, . one. egfety^alnurt
aijft mandrel, on a babbited shell ets, ete >10 Sthat we oan quickly
repair any part of the machine liable to brokk. , we also have
a crane over the rolls so that. we can handle any part of it
a»^d ao far cur experience goes to chow » that ' ws. .oan1rtSk« -aapf * ; \ ,
oranges necessary in a very short time. , ,,
I, We can replace a complete set of crushing plates during
iihe noon hour so that no time is lost making , this ohaiige.
Smother reason that one set of 36" and 24" rolls is jiett gr ...than
two sets is that it gets rid of a ve>y great complications of
pulleys, belts etc and with the small capaoity that you require
compared to the capacity of the machines we think.that you . ..(Vv..
would not run any risk whatever in only using on«r se$.
The same thing applies to the Dryer. It, will ,
however neoeesary *6 t»a seta of three high rolls , so that
one set of shells may be turned Off %hile"the others are being
Wttv 0..-.W. Ows.ton,
Vie %:s5tlri*f u* ’ ttoS»
tW’.&Wte V$u%ch4&&. ^eepiy
, Sussex county . Kew- J ereay -.c/o O.v H. ‘ R. of ' •
- e^p?pt; wo..wi;U. ;■-
U*0R about 60 barrels of oil per day when our plirit is in full
operation, but actual ’ experience maylprove. that wo will need
more and possibly less t^a^^990^1^!fS'Xv:~V ‘ V ' '
We are prepared to ent.^r; $«$$.« ft*#?***
supply to sorer all the oil of this ebaraster we use be it. mpre
or less. piaM# forward Us a fora of contract, such aa you
would propose.
Yours very truly*
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con# Who.
^ips:-' ;’
- «ifippjfGf6P 28aptw«teaofM90
TWnJic'nraa:iBbaiiica -^t^H^^ewi^a^ioBaa^oplaour aSiewstsfla.
8^ln0^na' - wS^ciila^ you ' would uave the pl aces
wt Won**. » *'»•» •«.'
ttfW1 „ ». <t «rUe.t^«*iM.Vap«»^. t» *»“ — ' fl"a **
* pw* rail.. », .an «ai
«tpr,o.nt ornnot M ’'* '
Yoursi vary truly e ^
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks
V. P»
Co‘»
^r^9t‘
V« *» infection
i-ore vi»Mt *&$$>, **&*&& -ter* W *«P»t M&*9*?m
^PP«P jgn^na^1 •Wend
twisting it R
*^ee| «m,thft^0w8»aa ^?»^1tpJJ»r,fWJ»t twi»*in«* "‘
,>!»»«, l*t«* >«*« pricr*. *» ««« « ?BU *ffr* is
Yours veryotruly,
Nsw Jeraey * Pcnneylvsnia Con» Wko.
¥oun& v-iry truly* V. P.
* Pennsylvania Con* Wko
r,Br* tie 'feCtdlo Swvi-«:
307trifnitfi5 telephone tKi«cn,^ „ v« bag to s&v th<it
temetime ago **a arranged with bihHMwn. th* ate*
oUovel owned by pw W th*. aerth- of* • ‘fircir
our ore, and »t the auwetino »♦ dakea for the I'ean of about,
iiliriy tons of rails to bo weed while we ware stripping and
to be returned with the fihovelf wo did not want to buy as when
tha stripping is eonpietou wa will m% need the rails), and aa
Bf!r« Soott called. on as haae asking ua if it would, be alright t
ship ue thirty tens sit cnee and the b»lan.*e Ut about a week,
wa wero wiftw the Uapraseion that m ware to gat theao
vary bad. weather *J‘ la. to hao delayed our work
«o 4hp* ^#8 hdra-ftot needed then ails until now and t;o tele-
lpe&&aj$lF, feeterday ;*«>: in# when they would be -iuippod,
ijnd »ajmt :8urj»rieo6 to receive his reply that ho had no
grC/ira t*,1 chip *h«e«
\ i **
i.&'tol o ft. •»
i oftnnot get ore for the millc until
and aa the shovel in at work v/a taso
476
July 30th* 1897,
Messrs o Pilling & Crane ,
Philadelphia,
Perm*
Dear Sirat->
We nre in raeoipt of youre 28th, and note that
you lave placed order for the rails with the Pennsylvania
Steel Co,, and note that they willisship 85 or 10O pound
rails at ones, we can use either*
Thanking you very aweh for your help in the matter,
we are
Yours very truly.
Hew Jersey * Pennsylvania Con, Wits,
Letterbook, LM-234
This letterbook covers the period July-September 1897. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company. The
letters deal mainly with personnel matters, supplies, and equipment. Many of
the letters relate to the purchase and operation of the shovel manufactured by
the Toledo Foundry & Machine Co. and the sale of used crushers to the
Desloge Consolidated Lead Co. of Missouri. The spine is labeled "July 31st,
1897 to Sept. 23rd, 1897." The book contains 503 numbered pages and an
index. Less than 10 percent of the book has been filmed.
/
Mr. 0. E. Moore,
Mt. Iron,
St. Xouie Co., Minnesota.
Dear Sir!-
Seplying to yours 29th. Ultimo we be" tosay that we
will pay the regular wages of $125. per month for engineers and
$90. per month for cranesman, for A one men to handle our 90 ton
Vuloan shovel.
The shovel works in rock all the time and as we work
the entire year as fair as we can tell now the position will be
permanent to good raon. We run day and night.
If you desire to consider- the position please telegraph
us as wo have several other * parties in view.
Also advise us whether you will bring your cranesman,
and if not give us the name of come man you know to be reliable' *
work with you*
Yours very truly.
New Jeroey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
V» P.
a&vii
Vulaan iron Works?
Toledo,
Ohio.
Dear Sirs: -
Hop lying to yotirs 5 and 7th,, which the writers
finds awaiting his return we be& to state that the report as to
our aoeptlng the Victor Shovel is not correct, , we have however
sent then & payment in the same proportion as the one sent you
yesterday from orange and on the same conditions. As to the
third shovel nothing as yet hae been done regarding it.
We noto what you eay regarding the stripping and think
we can make thie satisfactory to you* Ae soon as the shovel
is t hour fitly started in ths roes work we will be glad to have
your Mr, Backus visit ue again. You ean rest assured that nothing
will Be done regarding the -3rd. shovel without firkt notifying
August 10th» 189?
MqbstSo Pilling A^r-hne,
^hllaaelphia,
Pam*
Sear ’A^ra: -
Replying to yours 6th. , which I 'find awaiting ray return
we beg; -to -state that the Main Belting Co have quoted ue 50ff from
.W«t ?• 9* "B« Sdieon, -R* ;J» We however. have an idea that they
^re Making lower prices to other -parties and will test them on our1
next order.
3he bricking machines are coming in and vq have four
or five in place. * but from every indication now it will be
toward September let. before we get. started.
Mr. Sdieon has -noticed your coraraenta upon the preeent
eunditixm of business , -and says ho will be glad to have such
information from you whenever -there la anything of interest.
fours vary truly,
New J oraoy and Pennsylvania 6dn* WSs.
Pem.
Dear sir8:-
Auguet 10th. 1897
W. BUwan »,k. that you Drake * strntton
“ W“St,,*r — • *— w not nee
‘hOIr r* ~ •“•lPP«n3 work ana if they he,. ,ma
full partieulare to to oite of alppor, Mk, of .novel, r*te
per working any end pro.»t o.„ai,i»„, Ma lr ttw prer„ „ ^
tnolr o^ menent wlthth. .hovel to oper.t, it, niw.
what wages we wema have 1 0 pay.
Yqnre very truly,
Herr Joresy & Penhaylvanla Oon. TBce.
Y» P.
^ August 11. 1897,
Toledo Foundry & Maohine Oo. ,
Toledo,
Ohio*
Bear Sirs!-
We her with return the blue print of the dipper with
tfie following suggestions from Mr. Edison.
We want rollers in dipper latch, aleo want the width
5 feet as you have it, but the length should be increased to
four feet, depth can bs as yuuhavo it
Bolt earned »A» dipper brgoe arm, should be 2" diameter
Bolts marked B. B. B. B. 1-3/2 ■'* bolts marked 0. 0. should be
1-1/4 inohes:<r bale' pin should be in a bushing so they oan be
removed when they wear oblong. The pin should be two inches.
Teeth should wider at top so stones will not stielt between them
Begarding the dipper stick Carnegie rolls $6 Channels
Toledo FouxV.dry * MaohirJO Co. -2-
”• ***"’ '“** **ta» *° th» ■— »» of
Will have to do. .o*$»B to the large pieoee. that you win not bfl
able to fulfill your contract ae to the tonage per day. and a3 L
larger buoket will greatly £elp you on it. yo« ahould build the
larger buolset for ua at shop 0o>?t.
Youre vortf' truly.
Now Israel & Pennuylvania Con. Wka.
August 1.1, 1897,
Mr. M. J, Carroll,
906 Saat Main Street,
orawfordeville, Ind.
Dear SirS-
Bep lying to your a 5th. we beg to state that while wo
were using the 10" x 35" Brenan crushers we put throng each,
about 30 tone per hour, crushing down to about i* -cubes. tfe found
they took about 20 to 85 horse power each. The -crashers are very
heavjr and we have never broken them and so believe their would
do a large amount of hard work with out Sin Jury to them •
We have a lot Of duplicate parte which we would sell
at one cent per pound and any parte that you mi#it need in the
future could bo obtained from tho Brenen people.
Ae to terms of payments we would expect wash or its
equivalent.
pruning that you will decide to look at the eruehere
before purchasing, we are
Yours, Very truiy.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
103
August 13, 1897
Michigan lubricating co.,
Detri_.it,
Michigan,
Dear Sirs:-
Replying to -ours 9th. which has been forwarded from
our orange office., we beg to state that we have been making
some test as to our oil cups and have practically decided that,
we will buy sight f3Qd oil cups with glass bodies to hold about
6 ounces. Please send ua samplesof the various cups you make and
quote us prices on them in lots from 150 to 500.
We note your comments regarding the lack of orders for
grease cups. The osplaiation t> this is that we have abandonod
the use of grease andshave introduced the piping system throughout
our plant and pump the oil from a central station.
Yours very truly,
Ndw Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
August 13, 1897.
Weimar Machine Works Co.,
Lebanon,
Pam.
Dear Sirs*-
We are i receipt of yours 12th7 and have written
Paul S. Reeves & Son to forward you 100 pounds of Babbitt.
We are quite disappointed that you only expect to shi
ub 2 and possibly 3 brisker frames this week aa we fully expocto
to receive four. The machines we have already in place and
practioally ready for work. We are anxiously awaiting fomthe
balance, please ship the bed plates as fast as consisted, so
that we may go ahead with our part of the work.
Ypurs very truly,
New Jersey &NPennoyldania con. Wks
Vw Pw
August 17, 1897
Iron Trade Review,
Cleveland,
Ohio,
Dear Siral-
Eeplying to your 3 13th. as to the recent articles in
the Newspapers stating that Mr. Edison is erecting a now planl
near West Portal, R« J. for tho concentrating of iron ore • „
we beg to aay that thoy are not corroot. Mr. Saigon having no
connection with the enterprise.
August 19, 189t7.
Carteret Steel Oo.,
3'i Nassau Street,
• New York City,,
Dear* sira:-
Bgplyi^ t0 your a 18th„ we b9g to atate that ,ohav,
about 2500 tons of ooncentratea on ban<i which we oouidload *
ana ship e.t any time you might d^ire. We expect to start' our '
Plant sometime next month., ao „e will have piVty'of the oonsan-
traces for shipment,
V/e vriJ_j sell you the aonoantrates at $3.75 per ton
P. 0. 3. Sdi.aon, N. j., cash. We shall be pleased to receive
■foxc order,
We note fully your octnrasnts . ao_to changoa you have
•xade and sincerely hope the* all your expectations will be realized
and that we my be able Vo do considerable business to-getherw
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wko,,
V. ’p*
August 20tho XB97
Mr. Fred oohlu,ohiner,
Cor. Atlantic & Hew Jersey Aves.,
Dear Sir*-
Repljring to your 3 ISth.to.'Mr. Hdiaonywe beg to aay that
th9 naterlal you sent is not Iron ore. , hut metallic iron, mixed
with what appears to be tale ana a white subs.tanoe not aoluable
in water, also some sand.
Our ore could be reduced to a metallic state very
easily by bringing it to a red heat in a gas retort and passing
coal gas over it , or gae given off by gae coal. Should saw it
could be made as low a3 two cents per pound.
Youre very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. wlts.
181
V
August 21, 1897.
Mr* j. D. Hughes,
303 Walnut Street, ’*
Philadelphia, Penn. - "
Dear Sir:-
had pleaeuro -or . vi.it ia-a.y f,*, *
** "" "* «■»** * **M1~ to ronr method if
Mhdonind iMi ft u„ considerable ^ ^
“4 *« *“*"«« in wu, ,h« «u „.bl, „ t„ ,e,
hard a»tal lo. price nhld, ?>39 eal(, you ^ ^ ^
petition to deliver , if you have any printed matter relative
to your method kindly forward them and oblige.
Yours very truly.
New Jereey & Pennsylvania Con. Mrs.
if)/ C A :f. /P
,< ■ W-L v. P.
21
August 27, 1897,
Standard Oil Co. ,
Fuel Oil Department ,
26 Broadway,
New York City.
Dear Sira:-
p op lying to your* 23rd wo bog to state that the con¬
trast herewith enclosed will bo satisfactory to us. You will
note that we have changed the date from August 3ra to Sept. 1st
We aleo have crossed out in two places ■* For J'uel" as we do not
use the oil for this purpose, ae already explained to you we
use it; in the making of our iron ore Briquettes. If you will send
ua a new contract we 'Till Gign and return to you promptly.
If you can 890 your way clear to do it, we would
like you to put in eontraot ; that no shipments of oil shall be
made us that are higher than 37 gravity as we oouia not use a
hi^ior gravity oil to any adsantage, and we would much prefer an
oil of about 34 gravity.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & „ennaylvania Cori, Wks.
V. P.
Messrs Pilling & crane,
Philadelphia,
Pernio
Dear Sirs:-
We herewith hand you letter for Mr. Page as arranged
when he was here last week which kindly deliver to him.
You will note we offer 250 shares or any part thereof
Sinoe he was hore wo have received subscription from Hew York
parties for about this amount, 30 we do not oare to sell more
than 250 eliares as with other arrangement we have almost consum¬
mated and think that this will oarry us through.
If from your talk with Mr Page you find that we have
not covered any special information he might desire do not fail
to let ue know of it.
Your e .very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Cori. Wk<
Metn-ra piiUns & Crane,
Hep lying -So yours 30th '
state that it is our
intention that odr sto« hold.ro shall participate in ths 1
profit, derived -U. meated at other ml... -der con- 1
trol of this Corap any. &
,7a ar9 .xaa to nots that there ia a better feeling in the ^
_ . „„ +v,„+ .he volume of business will soon W
iron riser ket amt hope that -he /oj-uiuj if/
eomnsice to sro. •* W » « ^ //■
„,r* „* fi« «rr Indication no. .. *U t. «-» « — *j
about the »th. of September.
Yours very truly.
Hew Jereey & Pennsylvania con. ^Ks.
V. P
September 1st, 1897
Dr Froderich Proia3,
160 Franklin Strep
Buffalo N. Y,
Dear Sir.p-
Reply! ng to yours 22nd' +n j
_ * '° ”* 3(118011 *• beg to say that
Rai80n 9vsry ^y of each week etbep* <5Un„
-Pj Sunday and Monday and
will be pleased to have you call.
Your 3 very truly.
Mew Jersey & Pennsylvania g0n.
Sspt ember 1st, is<
Toledo Foundry Machine Go. ,
Toledo,
Ohio.
Dear Sira:-
'* *” *•“”** ««* »=!•.*». ltaFiat
“f “»>- *»« ™ «<-««*« you !«., „tsht „
f“"* ’“‘°h ” b'S “ * ■>».»• um *,* W
""*• 'lha,’S9 °“‘e- °r -w « «i»s a-. «. op».
““ want botto. of alpp„ l.ys9r 10p,
corrected draw in- immediately"
We note that your Mr Wuerful expect* to call on ue hero
sometime next week arid in reply wo beS testate that we are not
ae yet ready to decide ae to our third shovel. Whil* WQ hav9 a8
yot been unable to get your shovel into rock to see if i* wiu ^
come up to your guarantee, if you desire iVwe are willing to send
you our notes as per agreement , sending you the balance of the
cash as soon as rock test is made. We will of course send the
notes on same condition as oash payment already made that is. If
the shovel does not come up to guarantee , that you win either
make it do so or return the cash and notes to us.
is not satisfactory plsase tsloyraph us iramsdiatsly.
Consolidated lo^d Co. , -2-
V/9 have ordered a flat oar and will got the crushora
Hast possible moment. 'Thanking you for the order, wo
Your 8 very truly.
Mew Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. mss,
300
Vulcan iron Works Co.,
Toledo,
Ohio*
Dear BireJ-
VTb have had our chief engineer to go over your shovol
and he reports the safety valvo io not safe that it varies from
ten to fifteen pounds in poping. In looking it up we find that
the valve is of an old style and we think that you should
furnish ua with one that is. up to date. The lubricator also
does not Sivs good satisfaction and the men operating the shovel
advise ue that we should have an oil pump. Please advise ue if
you will send it.
The grate bars that came with the shovel were so long
that when fire was ** on them they did not have room for
exp ans*onr;r.snd« some ^ of them have become bent and we have„t
a new set from our foundry at Dover, N. J.
Your e very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania con. Whs-
349
Sept 9th. 189?*
IsStk, StrOSt.
IS? Kenney b? the Ins er soli Sergeant Drill Go mentioned
•eoently t^ da that you were cleaning the large brldse at
,55 tu street, by insane of ths sand blast. We have prepared a
iaapl9 which WO would liSce to hare you try, of the Sdlson .rushed
artO. wo will ho ploasod to tend it to .you. charge* prepaid, you
living its tho proper directions to csarh the paclcage.
Cnr ifr ». S. Upton will eaU on you TSep* 15th -to hoar
***** the teat. St agreeable to you we «iU «**' -me sand
B0 that you eon try it when he is resent,
V9. are dethrone of having this trial made for £
UT. «««. »"«*“*“" “** *“»««“ «*W* M
wa ,0 mix. « »• «* *•"* ”8“ «“* *“ ** M
mode of it*
Yours very truly,
SOW Jersey & Pennsylvania com Whs*
Sspt 9th. 189?.
Messrs. Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sirsl-
We are making every effort to get our brisker plant
started the early part of next week akd as we have somewhere
from 2000 to 2500 tons of con<rentrates in the stock house will
need some plaoo to ship the Briquettes. We send you a sample to¬
day whieh is the average one of the pile. Please have analysis made
aB to the Iron and Phosphorous.
We irnve ordered care for the fiwst of the week
and we hope to m a’/e our first shipment before the latter end
of the week* In the meantime we trust that you will arrange
q sale of 1000 or 1500 tons at good prices
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania con. Wka.
My Dear peokitt:-
By directions of Mr Pilling wo are sending by
express to**aay8 prepaid, a sample of our concentrates for
analysis*
We have rather expected to receive a visit from you and
hope that you have not given up the idea<. We undoubtedly will
be caking Briquettes sometime the latter part of next week.
361'
Sept 10th. 1897.
MesorsP^lling & Crane,
Phulailelphia,
Penn1.
Dear Sirst-
ffa aro still without coal to-day, none of any kind
having corns in. Wo aro burning wood under our boilers and so
far have wanagod to keep our steam ahovols going with the
scrapings. We havo also auooeadsd in borrowing a car1 of coal
from Mr Kallay of Port Oram which wo hop® to reoeifee in the
morning. We hope you will not 1st up on the Mitchell or railroad
people until we receive a full supply.
We note that you have increased order to ten oars of
soft coal at the rata of two oars pgr day and to continue there¬
after at the rate of one oar per day until further notice, whioh
is satisfactory to us.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wka.
V’c. P.
Sept. 11, 1B97<,
Mocisro Pilling & Orano,
Philadelphia,
The writer tolegraphad your Mr Pilling this morning
that ho would not bo in Dovor on Monday night next or roturn
to gfiitfttl until Wednesday, ha having beon called away for a fow
daye*
„ note prices In »«> »» M «oal *ls° “ H° 1
„4 HO ?. booMhoat ana »111 30 over this matter »»» ”»
Mr pilling .hon ho 1. »P non! .eon. ™ ale. not. tnot you e»ote
freight rate, at *1.75 to .«■»• M '*«re r>“t3 ” ”°m*
this amount?
¥8 have rsooirea on, oar of bitominoo. coal thl.
morning. «*» •« borro.o. from Mr Kolloy of Port ornm. ~ ™
.iil b, able to loop oar oh.vel. at .or* *-« *“ *». “
Ktnday to have Plenty of con to loot ». oomoti™.
Your a very tPoly*
NaW ****** * p^*ylVBnia 0Ort^
39
Sept. 15, 1897»
Vulcan Iron Works Co.,
Toledo,
Ohio.
Dear Sir s:-
Rsplying to yours 7th. which has been waiting the
writers return we beg to state that on further investigation
we find that the pop valve was nit adjusted properly and that
it is now doing its work alright. We also have had the lubricator
all taken apart and cleaned and will give it another trial.
Regarding the blue prints of our eleotrio crane, we
will get a set together and forward then to you in a day or eo.
Ae to the 1500 del-l-srs still due on shovel we beg to
state that we prefer not to send this to you until the shovel
Uae been working in rock, where we hope to put it in a short
time.
Relative to the Kinetoscope schsmswe b9g to say that
as soon as the shovel i.3 working in rook and everything going
well, we will have our people come up from Orange and tak9 some
pictures • If you desire copies of same we can arrange it so you
39'?'
Vuloan Iron Works Co. -2-
oan get them from our Orange people.
Yours very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con« Wks.
V. P«
ehe
s»-
3E*8 37.
irftay afternoon while the writer wao on tho
o^atoons" Mr Kosher 'said you wanted to Snow whothor
a small <>
i isoai oars -for : our "briquettes and 2
- • •/. u«? »-hem on a pinch* but
Lttoo iiiV return - have talHad the
vad be. .7, n.r!f that if it is any
Vf, wi>.\ wins the 6 ton cars.
c;r, .. -jri siring traoeinery yesterday and »ra
pt OP<:
so inn in Friday or
•o levins trouble with acme of the air pipes, owing
srobably will not make any shipments this waoK.
Ylurn vary truly,
not; Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wka.
Sept, is, 1897,
449
Messrs Pilling & Crone,
Sept. 21'; 189 7»
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sira;-
\7o are in receipt of youra 18th. enclosing order #15*79
for 500 tons Bessemer Briquettes to be shipped to the
Bethlehem Iron Co., South Bethlehem, Perm., which we have
entered for prompt attention and will be shipped as soon as we
have the Bessemer Briquette quality.
Yours very truly,
Nnw Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
V. P.
1
Letterbook, LM-235
This letterbook covers the period December 1897-August 1898. Most of
the correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company.
The letters deal mainly with personnel matters, equipment, and supplies. Many
of the letters pertain to operations, experiments, and tests at the Ogden works.
Some items relate to the quality of the iron ore briquettes, safety equipment
for mill employees, and work done for the New Jersey Zinc Co. Other letters
concern potential ore separating plants in the Midwest and Edison’s interest
in Canadian iron mines. There is also a letter detailing company strategy in
regard to insurance policies. The spine is stamped "Letters" and is labeled "Dec
21, 1897 to Aug 13, 1898." The book contains 498 numbered pages and an
index. Approximately 15 percent of the book has been filmed.
Slat Daoeniba*’, 3897
Tnlcsji trow iToricBi
Ba«r
We are In receipt youra 18th and not a that vptl
f&ippfd the two teeth promptly <>n receipt of oiip opfler.
hf^apt tfcAflka f or your prompt ue-se,
Ws hr# toakir,.* fair pt*.3sr*d6 oh eu*> sasa^etht
BVlt-aj fuecfedsd in «?e-ttim; iup t« 216- twp pw -ftowp Aril, &**£&
hafe -y.ute hisfher if oar IJryar wopJ4 have dri*^
«*8 CM. W# hurt inerwtaori fJve twapd of . the f*f» ty*4 )*£l «kt*1flr ^
*n?aln tp-worr-ow uyjrhimr, wfce« !»$ hopA tu ^o^epo jttfr Though
We note that m would Uke 4p fyw* of the
shovel fhila at wo** arid »« sopp. as bar «l» t*»e fa
will ask him to take it.
Clarence Moore «nfl hie brother l«ft u<*
to n;o to their home in InaianA.JUKvWooreiis t<J t*Tf« « v*4$tj.bt]
and than return to us, as we havp praotically daoiaw fWt
atjrt the plant on ni<?ht shift until after the 1st of Marsh.
M*8bi*0 Piiaing & Cran<
Philadelphia,
Dear Siri
’ecftitt
here by freight one
pig of the all Briquette Iri
experiments with it. Ask Mr t
■eckitt
render
us here,
■ vary truly,
.'/itffcey * Pennsylvania Coni fan
1/
22nd December, 18{S7.
V* H. Campbell Supt.,
Pennsylvania Steel Co.,
Steelfon, Penn.
Dear Sirs-
Mr iidison has received the papers relative to steal
and is very much indebted to you for them.
A",**rIns y°"r *• *• *!>• blnain, ror
“* t. «... thM .» „B8 . r„,ln
’“h r“1'’ 'au',ic ■«* <*■“«> * j.
like a thin jelly
Yours very truly,
New Jersey * Pennsylvania Con. OTcs.
V. P.
23rd December, 1897
Mr toil Greiner,
, 146 William Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Keplying to your recent favor relatiye to the thermometer
beg to state that your representative is mistaken when he states
that your thermometers were not guaranteed to be correct within
5 degrees with the mercury bulbs enclosed. The writer explaining
to him at the time the order was given that the rosin vapors
deposited rosin upon the tubes making it necessary for us to
clean them every one in a while which we could not do if the bulbs
were. bare without great danger of breakage. If the holes were
drilled into the tubes as you suggest the rosin would soon deposit
all over the glass tubes, and affect the reading.
Tfce writer is very clear in remembering his conversation 1
as stated above and should ’occasion require it is willing to make
affidavit to it. until it is settled ho. test is to be made we
will do nothing- further towards having the thermometers tested
and as stated in our previous letter our position is that the
thermometers were guaranteed to be correct within 8 degrees withthe
23rd December, 1897
Messrs P. Dupre' & Co.,
93 Billlter Building,
Xondon, England.
Dear Sirs:-
Replying to youre 4th we belj to state that Mr Edison' a
process will work only on magnetic oree.
We expect that in the near future one of Mr Edison
representatives will be in your city and will call upon you, when
the matters stated in your letters can be gone over more thoroughly
Yours very truly,
Hew Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wke,
23 rd Deo amber, 1897
Mr Charlee I* Parsons,
Durham,
New Hampshire.
Dear Sir:-
Replyin? to youra 20th to Mr Edison we be? to state that
our Works are shut down for the Christmas Holidays. All the
Briquettes are shipped and as soon as we start upagain we will be
glqd to ship you a barrel of them ae requested
Yours very truly,
naw Jersey & PenneRlavanla Cort»
/
2nd February, 18@a
L/
ift* 3. Terry Hudson,
Riverhead, Suffolk County,
Long Island.
Bear airs-
Replying to yours 22nd to Mr *&ison we Deg to state that
I have had the matter looked up and find that the only old
phonographs we have are the original maohinea whio; have been
held as models, they having been used in some of our law suits
and we would not dare to part with them at present.
Mr Raison says ha would like to oblige you very much
by giving you a cylinder to which he has talked., but as he ha#
refused so many others, -particularly some of the people in the
trade- he cannot see his way clear to moke an exception now
Yours very truly,
New Jepsey * Pennsylvania Con. **•«
V. P.
29
fc»K* pab«T»wf*i898
Vulcan tfoft WorVa,
Toledo,
Ohio.
Daw flirei-
On «, ratarn 1« ,f« th. M«t thM.ln.s «>9 ito^T*.
, find your ut. of Jann..y l*i» to Mr K»»on » »
Vty BAlgon (tsmoranaba cn It a.Vlno that I axplaln to yaM "i1
nothin? ha. ,« boon aon. towarflo ,.«*.< the .!«».• »- a3“w
*,«. I loot wot. yon I ••**«■ *“*■ **
troubla to <W th, .« ... *»» « ..ntalnoh .no. «« *»•*••*
a «o.o »1 of .w. « •.»..«> i» •«•»» “ ■*** W“ "'“U ,0 "T
on. a, h •«. rail ..•»». « «■*—•«*« *““a "
»„ tM h-t «... th. t*tn«r.to» n«...«ry to «» **«•* «*«
th. «*t J*. th. «.«. i.«> «{** s‘wwtl"!'
rtJt «i„4 '«* th. *wth *h< M hi.
tnmfo.d »<•> <» »*'»*“ *M*wr? ' “**
„ 4» th. h^ »*> -• «i « ~ '• * l“-
nri.l «ito(iw.«t»b «•#>*» awt«.«ia »™ "w ** “**
MtU* -■*** *’ ,0r "**?** ****
. w» «■}?.*'* A**r*n tiu «h.» w w ** j
Vuloan iron Wort* *8~
or, no natter bo. «uoh .»•• and l.. U W “« ',U‘A*'
th, pnoelei. ... orouthf »? »> *»•
.hen .. MM b» MM-., bad a. trouble t. dry th. »•«•» <“»™
did not have nearly .0 MM dirt a. nnd.r MX
no. a. to th. picture*. aa .0 bar* not Men runlng *• »—
M. nn.il. to ... then... -ill however ,.« »« yM « *»»
ae poeeible., probably somatinvs in the next oixty day®, our man
.no take. tb... picture., 1. at P™.«* off on a trip. •* XU
t.K. th. natter up «tth bin m> hi. return.
BMW you .ill pardon tb. dew In. «—»»>
MxmM •— V* ln
^Bi&A *i* trrit»****
yftfcrt Wty iruls*.-
3rd ?*bru*ry,l898
M6mm Pilling « Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sirp:-
Kneloegd we herewith hand yon letter from Mr iiagdr H
quimby oh which Mr Sdla on ha* made a memorandum which explain*
. itaelf .
ift* Rditon and the writer rethrow to Grange to-dOy and
expeat* to come up again Tuaeday or tedneeday of next weeK,wheh
the Crueher Plant i8 ready to at&rt. Mr Rdlaon i* quite delighted
with the heavy anew ator«,ap it givee ue a ohanoe to teet the
Dryer under the moat severe condition#. We Will have frozen dirt
or* *nd plenty of anow, if we malre hay Wind of a ehowins at *H ^
it win wattle the Dryer question. M
You re very truly,
#** J#pa«f h Ponrwrlvdftift Con, Hr*.
8th February ,1898
Messrs Pilling & CMn»,
Philadelphia,
Pehn.
Dear Sirs:-
We are in receipt of a pis of iron sent we by the
Andover Iron Company, also one eent ua by Mr FecKitt and have
tdated both of the above, the Cornwall and the all Briquette iron
under the same condition with the following roeulte.
We found the Andover iron broKe under two blowe, cAi
Iron Company* e low phoaphoroua iron made from Chataguay and
Spanish ores broKe under twenty blows, Cornwall broKe under 34
blows and the all Briquette iron under 49 blowe.
We do not Know as the above means anything specially
but send It to you as it may be of some interest
We expect to start crusher Plant to-morrow and hope
tp have a good report to maKe within a few days.
Yours very truly,
9th February, 1898
Maser 8 Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sirs;-
Sometime ago your Mr Pilling in hi-s conversation with
Mr Rdison stated he would have some of the all Briquette iron
made into muek bar and tasted. Will you kindly let us know ifl
this haa been done, if so with what results.
Yours very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wke.
V. P,
12th ?ebr«ary,l'B98
Masers Pilling ft Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penh.
DeW Sirsi-
We started te*t in Crusher Plant day before yesterday
and put in material composed of about 75# of earth and 25# roc*
which contained from 14 to 17 percent of moietutel We made several
taet of it) and found that the material wopld go through the rolls
alright ,and ao Jong aB the shaking device on our dryer could be
kept in operation, the material would go through the dryer alao. ,
bUt the moment chatting device etoppeS the material wouldnot run
and dryer would stop up. Of course you understand the above materl
contains about four times as much moisture as we expect to
have when Tuning regularly. We duplicated the test yesterday with
the same results and then decided t* connect up the shaking devioe
•0 it will run by power and run continously , this will take us eewer
tl days.
In the meantime we have started the gang of men at work
in Mill #lana hops to start that plant up Tuesday or Wednesday of
bfl*t weak and hin through it all the ore we have in Stockhouse #1
-2“
and when this ore is <?one we will aaain start up Crusher Plant
as by that time the addition aa etatea above will be completed.
Yours very truly,
Mew Jereey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
12th February, 1898
Mr 3. B. Patterson, Supt.,
Phillipaburg,
New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
We are in receipt of yours 10th and have fully noted
aame. Please accept our thanks for the half pig of iron which we
have teeted with some other makes of pig iron.
Mr Rdison is still at work to learn why our pig iron
Is eo very strong, but has not reached final conclusions.
Yours very truly*
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
V.P.
70
ltsth February 18DS
Maser 8 Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear air«:-
W« are in receipt y*d**» Jiti* Wfcich n4 have rally noted
aaftfttft and the Writer $xp*»t $fi b* at the "Verb* next after
Tvnftf|y and win be giea ni> eee
We note that yjdtfwill try end £lo»e the Ponupo matter j
*hi»era4k and hope that the fla&l Fill go through. 1
W» rettelyed oheok at Orange ,Mr Kandolph will acknowledge)
waie, and am obliged to you for it. '
Yours very! truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. WX&.
'., ... . ,, ,-■, '
leth '7«t>rU*ry, **$8
Mr
e/a Cftari#* A* JaoA«on.v
3 oath PrAnSiin S*raet,
WtlJrO* -Barp^Pen^ ,
Ba«J? *JrS-
Uapljring t« ywis* XltU «&• Wisott i>«5 *» «««
that ha- has already don« considerable war* en th» <3<U» protolQ*
^txt hfw not aa yet succeeded i« solving it.
j
Youre very truly,
N0W J$r#ey & Pennsylvania Oop. WjcW.
24th February, 1898
Mr BdWard D. lewis,
23 Columbus Block,
Duluth, Minn.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to yours 14th, which we have fully noted we beg
tp state that we are not as ye* ready to take any work outside of
<this state add probably will not for the next year or so, as it
in our intention to build oUr;second plant a short distunes from
the One located at 'this point.
Yours very truly,
Nyw Jersey & Penney lvmnia Con. Wke
V.P.
24th Sebruary*l&98
Mewsfw Pill in? * Qrane,
Philadelphia »
Peon.
tear Sirs:-
Pa have Just telegraphed you* Ship Quick, five «»*•
hitwinoue *9*1 in addition to regular order* which we now beg
to confirm,
fee writer on his return here find* th a coal supply
tatting low, also that our people telegraphed you ye«terd*y to trace
sfcipMgnt now on road which we trust you will do.
Mill #1 i» runipg very satisfactory, the only trouble
being from the moisture in the ore which hae been laying in the
Stool House for some months. This givee ««*> trouble with th«
aoreens When we put in an excess of the material but we find we
#a« run about 150 tons an hour without any trouble, feet «r day, for
a abort time, ( 15 minutes) we put though at the rate of 338 ton.
«& hour, fe* Mill handled, this amount, exeapt that the efficiency
of th* screens went way down.
Please do your beat on thje coal and hurry it along
Tours veijy truly.
V.P,
gnn tyVfiMHTrtS&s
Kr T. *• Brown* Py«a».
Toledo Sindlny A 3pri||i*fitld Halfway,
Toledo. Ohio*
D«(S* Sir*.-
: w* had a call to-day from your Hr Moore an$ showsd
him some of our Oorap Briquettes .which he thtt*.
■ experiment , and a. directed by him we will ship you twantV thdusar
pounds of them. We *1? On excess two thousand pounds above {four
order as there will be more or less fines, the Briquette® not
bain* first class. Wo have agreed with Mr Moore *9 «har*e ^ **•
extra cost of loading these Briquettes as we will be oo«p*p»a
to ploK them out by hand.
Trusting you will find the Briquettes will answer tfr
your work, we are
Yourp fcery truly.
«^y 4 Pennsylvania Con.
17th March, 1898
less rs Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Mr Bdlaon haa lully noted yarn- favor °r th. 14tt lMt
aalatlv. to atat ament aade by ». Ia.»™» «»»» * 0"w*",!
M alao notee that Mr ». ». Soronton haa teen drppped "» «*•
manat ament . and a* ..hathar la year opinion, the pr.aant ..tatament
would ha .aura favorable to a. than th. late one. Be ala. U
l. a ,raat pity th, sa.t.rn .teal people ao not r.aliae,.hat a
vary treat aid to them Briquette. will be .when it oono. to meet
Pattern oonp.titloh.tha. he teal, oonridant .one day th.y .m
fully appreciate thie fact. .but in the .eantln. th.y will have
foot conolaerable monay.whloh adpht have b ben aa,ad.h.d thay baa.
disposed to aid him.
Yours very truly,
Sew Jersey A Pennsylvania Con. WK».
17th Maroh,189S
Messrs Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Pear Sirs: -
We received some daye ago the printed liet of ■ Cargo
Analyseeof XaKe Superior Iron Ore* for the aeaeon of 1897* Last
night Mr »3i8on and the writer figured over most of the prominent
or ee, deducting from the iron the moieture,and based on price*
which have been published at being effective for 1898:wa failed to
find a single ore which could be delivered to the tChigh Valley,
«« low as six cent* per unit. fa figured freight ;rates from
the lake Krie to Xehigb point* $1.10 per ton. This conclusion
was a little surprising to M* Rdieon.ana hs Would like to know if
we are correct in our figures We picked out the opes carrying from
.080 4o .040 phosphorpuC.
Yours very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania (fan. Wire.
V* P.
16th March, 1898
Meears Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia, ' .
Penn.
Dear Sira:-
We are in receipt of yours 15th and note that the price
of *1 Puokwheat coal ia 85 cents at the mines, and freight to
{Edison is $1.55. We also note that you will take up 4he question
of difference* between Bdison and Port Oram rate's, and trust
you will get a reduction.
The Crusher Plant ran well to-day with the exception of
a sprocket chain which has broken twice. We will replace it with
a belt. We expect to run the Crueher Plant all the balanoe of the
weekend as soon as the stock house is filled, we will start up
Brisker Plant.
Yours very truly,
N«w Jersey * Pennsylvania Con. Iks.
V.P.
r(y
lf»th March, 1S9S
Mr Bdward S. lewis,
23 Columbus Buidlins:,
Duluth, Mirrn.
Dear S*ri-
HeplylnS to your a 28th ultimo we beg to state that #
Company wae, formed some yeare ago whieh have the right to u«e
Mr Sdieon'e separating aaohinery for the etatee of .Wieoonaift,
Michigan and Minnesota, and at the present time thi* Company ie
not ready to taXe up the qureetjoh of additional plant*.
Ae stated in our previous letter* it will be eooMt time
before they are ready to consider thi® queetioa.
Your* very truly,
New Jereey * ?enB»yivanl4 Con. *K(u
.loth Marph.iass
MT If. R. Chisholm,
£7 Kelson Plaoe,
Newark, N. J.
SfSty* $ir$-
Replylng to yours 28th ultimo to Mr Sdieoi* relative to
f <&1t separator we b*g to state that his system is not ft f>*o*al
t#J»hJ,nf but a complete plant with many new devices. The Mill fS*
the 0pti2 Grant will have a capacity of about twenty thousand
tppe of gravel per day*
The scheme eannot be worked. eueoeSsful on laps thai)
five thousand tons of gravel ddr,***umln« of «our«e, fa **•
9p»it is of a low grade. No W*tpr is required woppt ft* W
airt ths deposit is only adapted for very large dopoftit* t>t
Yours vs rit ■ truly1*
Me* tfspsdy * Tsnn*jrlv*aV» '<?**- 4M*
Maroh 19th, 1893
Hr luther Sterinser,
12o liberty Street,
Mew York City.
Dear Si'rt-
°alled at your office the early part- of this week ana
lm** ™ "" *" «* «■««.« «.«««•„ ,o-tolr.
th* <’n“h8'> P1*“ taw Ma »„.
"*“W Cf '8“'"i lf »» U 1» operation 1,
*" “ ll“e f°- *» “ brln5 a„y t6l,
yon may win. The irlt. Mil b. a, th, laboratory all day Mon¬
day bar, T«„aay afternoon ^
doolo. .0 .on, to tl.nhon. M« ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
operation the day you are here.
Youre very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wke.
lift- tupnk C. Roberto,
Philadelphia,
Penn,
Roar Sirt-
X beg to acknowledge. your favor of the 13th inet which
haw been on Mr Bdiaon'a deek ainoe laet Tuesday. He h*e promised •
joe teveral times to give a Sketch of what he believeo will do
year work, but hae been eo buoy on other mattere.he haw hot yet made
it fpr zee. t will keep at him ana forward you a full reply in
a few dttye. 1 write thle now eo you will think we are neglecting
the matter.
tear* vayy truly,
Hew Jersey & Pennsylvania Cep. Wk».
March 19th, 18*8
Mr J. P. Wetherhill,
Strath Bethlehem,
Psnn.
Dear SirJ-
Enclosed we herewith hand you letter from Olean GQa'ss
Company relative to a eeparator. We believe your maohine ie better
adapted for this work than cure.
In the past three or four yearB we have had a great
many inquiries of this eort from the glass people and belisva that
a number of machines oduldibe eolil with various glass^.companist.
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wke.
V.P.
May B7th, 1898,
Alex Backus, Pre*.,
Vuloan Iron Work* Company,
Toledo, Ohio .
Dear Sir:-
Jteplyln$ to your 8' 19 th ye beg to' Slat* that wa have not
ran thq shovel a or oyr Qrapfting Plant for over a oMth, oar
9to«k Hones* being full «f ore vg had no plead for mor* of it,
8» hate keen completing Brisker Pldnfc and started it up
to-day fbr a trial ttrn, n»t putting any eonoWtfatos through it,
89 hGpe to aa»o Briquettes to-niorrok and a# Boon at# wo have
Gleaned out our Stock House* till then start Oruaher Plant and
the- •hotel* and hope to keep runin*? steSdily for the balunes of
this yearir
Mr Bdiaon id In v$ry good health an4 Joins me ih sending
kindest regards.
Your* very truly.
New Jersey * Pennsylvania C6n» Wk*.
June 2nd) 1898,
Mf F. X» Binford,
loa Angeles,
Calif ornia.
D«ftr Sir;-
Rep lying to your a 21 ®t ultimo to Mr Rdieoij relative to
our three high roll® we beg to state that by experiWC^ it wa«
found that under great pressures of the ordinary type of crushing
rolls where a moving shaft was witling against a fixed bearing
the loss in friction was about 80#, Mr Bdiatn reduced thie to
about 10# by doing away with a fixed bearing arid making it of
wire rope which travels at the same rate of speed ae doeo the
shaft.
Yours very truly,
New Jersey & fennpylvanla Oo»\. Wfctt,
?u no find, IBB8.
Mr Pavid 0*r«n,
50 Rxehangp Chambera,
Bixteth Street,
London, jyigi^iia.
Dear 8ir:>
Replying to Jfourt 13th ultimo to Mr Kdiaort we bag tp
State that we 4re unahla to quote yOu prioee on our Briquet tea
for shipment abroad gt tbi» time, the lofeal market taking our
entire output.
later on when our facilities are increased we hope to
maka export ehipmenta.
Your a very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Can* Wife*
June 9th, 1898.
Mr D. 1. Paulue,
341 Main Street,
Orange, N. J,
fiear Sir!-
Mr Haddock has handed the writer your propoeal of June
4th. We are thinking of having the building painted both inside
and outside with fire proof oaint. If we decide to do thie we, of
course, will furnish the paint and beg o ask that you advise us
the cost of the labor, provided we furnish the material, also give
us an estimate of painting the inside with two coats.
Yours very truly.
Edison Phonograph Works.
Juft© 9th, 1898:
Vulcan Iron Works,
On Juris 21st next our note Of #1675.90 fall* Ous. We
would appreciate it if you would permit us to renew #1000. of this
Amount for a period of four months,
fe have not aa yet started shipping Briquettes, as }jr
,*4J,aon haa been experimenting at our Briok©r Plant the past week
and haa diacovared a way of baking the Briquettes With ths coal
consumption of about 25^ loss than wo have heretofore ueeA.
This will involve alight change* in the fuel chambere of our
furnace# and delay ue three or four we«X«« He ha* aleo from hie
experimental wo«t auecesded in cutting the quantity of binding
Material n«ae#«arjr to sake good briquettes down to atrtiit 4oX,«o
Aat the reduotion in cost P** ton of Briquet tea ie material
and warrant# as to make the ohange at present. Vox1 this reason we
ask the extension a* above Which we trust you will be able to
grant us. Kihdly let ua hear from you promptly and we will forward
you our not# for $1000. and you oftn aena tt# the proceeds ofSaao
before the ftl«t*
The writer saw our Pro jectos cope man yesterday and
arranged with him to take piotures of your shovel ae coon 4« we
started up. We will have the sign plaoefl on your shovel as you
raqueet.
Yours very truly,
New Jersey. & Pennsylvania Con, Wka
June 9th, 1898.
Messrs Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sirs:-
The writer returned here to-day after an absences of a
week and finds that during hie absence Mr' Edison has been runing
one of the furnees at the br inker' plant and has discovered a way
of perfectly baking the Briquettes with about l/4'df the coal we
formerly used and about 40 % less of ’the binding material, .this
of course reduoes the cost of Briquetting quite a little.
We are having the changes made on one furnace and will
give it another trial' and if it works as well as' it did on the
laat test will make the changes oii all of our furnaces. The changes
are in themselves small and can be made in a short time provided
we can get the necessary material quickly.
The Crusher Plant is ready to run except one pair of
gear wheels, which George V. Cresson Company^ your city promises
to ehipto-morrow. Mill #1 is also ready to run, change of the fans
having bean \i&mpletod. The Brisker Plant is also ready to run
exoept for the change on furnaces above mentioned.
Vour 8 very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wk
June lOth» 1898.
;.tr FranK c. Roberts,
Philadelphia'
Penn.
Sir:- Th9 roller foed over r611«
— 1 — •
0. ■« *» •B0*n- ™ _'t p an4 proa„e .„■*.! *»*"*
**■'*•* '-** rn. -»• - ”i“it,°r ih8
pouna. P'»*»”re “ „„ the maf ?l*t0 8 °C
— — » *m „ mu «.« - - *l-»
- l60ut 4000 pouna.. MA 1W '
at „ ,i.« *«»• ly mu a. BO * of
II — - *
„„ mU W.. *» flM*
« *» — - « “8“8 “ . .maaaU ran - 88 11 U *
**« *■* c" tM Isr 1I,H» - «- 4 - 5 in“he* ***
M„a ”9C9,” y
-2-
We are changing our 'drawing now for
Ctnuany 3G" Roll with lateet improvements and
oi .t Monday I think, I will sand them to you so
wiih your Mill plans.
tha New Jersey Zinc
blue print will be
you can go ahead
Yours very truly.
June 10th, 1898.
Oayy T. Hoobineoiit
71 Broadway,
New York City.
Dear 8ir»-
Youre 9th received and noted- Mr Sdi*<» »m be K«re
all next week except Monday and will he Slad to «e* Mr ftMH»
my day next week provided ha oamo* arrange to co** *P to-morrow
Yours very truly,
•w nth, i$9B
MeB8r# J* B- Ki^, & Co.,
24 state Street,
New York City.
Dear Sires-
■ ***. m.u t.„.:nr °f 4°ru “ MM ””-12 ’•»"•»« «.
- «. „itt 4S.le ~n,h *«.«
bu«tteftt.,ana noal uasa bains ^2
— * *— «. ZVZZTmts* W9 ao -
the dost or fbai you wil1
•«— . »zr °r - y“ - ** — - ~
* . «« mr : a°”~e ,n **
-hflulft .You in aay ^ ****■. h8V8 *wi9 #1*
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June ZSrfl, 1898.
Standard Oil Company.
Confirming telephone order- .«t y.» W ‘he •*»
beforo yoaterdayple... **> »• » °r ”*1“" ’“h *
Bpoolflo gravity of about lS.alao a oawlo oan of ona to fivo
gallons by express.
A. ...ted to yon, .0 arc P-h.-lna
offloo and find it run. oo »«d» •»« « a”lr8 “*
real duo, to -la «th « » « *“ "S9°lfl9 *""ltT ** *'
point .boro it boat do., onr .or*. f -U no. oon.id.rable
quantitlea of thi. realalnm .« MS « •« «“* *“* “ “
prioo on it ». o. B. «i.o„. ... ». i« -««*» »“■
.hathor it 0» .. •».* 1" — *“• — »* “
bbtainad fro. year *«•' offloo 69
.onto par sailon.aa .boy «.«* »*« “* °““t ^ °”’t*
above ahat « -a paylh* f» f«J •***• *9 ^ »*
■>*»“«■ *• sjbi/r.: “»«.« •* «■' 9<mv9nt“”
Vnurn very truly.
June 24t,h>l898,
Hem jr«rw & 'p°°ono Mcmn*ath lce C0‘’
19 t>laoe»
)i*t(r t<n?» C^y*
®*P ®ir**'* t0 the "Rubberoifi RoQfih^
' ttetj lying to jTonne 2Std relal1
^ ^ Qf our buil41n(?,
x *v.a+ have ueed i** on
*»> be® t0 8t* finished a Wilding at our
l „„ have just finished
4^ ve*V ^d WW, ^ ^ ^ ^ .. ^ this -fin
FUdnogWph r • 1 fty thousand square fee
* - — - ^" e 7JL~ in putting » .
of it. «e do not HWrt *<>» *ouid mak
ypur building#.
June 28th, 1893.
Pacific Electrical Co.,
120 Main Street,
la Croa8e, Wie.
Dear Sirsi-
We have in our employ about 150 men who. use muzzels with
wet sponges on account of the threat, amount of duet produced in our
Crushing Plant. We have seen a sample .of the muzzel you manufac¬
ture and beg to aek that you quote us price on same in dozen lots
If we bu- them at all we will probably get 100 or more, also quote
ue price on the Sheldon Celluloid Bye Shield in lota of a
dozen or more, should adopt these we will also uae them in
considerable quantities
Yours very truly,
June 25th, 18lJ3.
arnuir. Richardson Go.,
• chilled iron shells
, carefully noted, and we have n;one
-or- shells carefully with Mr ^ison
„a in vi.. or «.o ». «■«*««• ^ *1K>
i the past, which
thousands of dollars, we hardly
„ w cl0„ ... thl. *0 - ***” ’
mo. «,«*».. “a
r -at .->r on we will be in better shape
onsider able lose of tim— "• -
,ake the matter up a^ain.
We, of course, Know all other things being equal, the
,ut our experience 1
infr to the b reining off
idge o of the chiliad iron shells we actually «
American ; Radiator company,
Replying to yourq 20th ultimo we bag to state that we
have not had analysis made of the last Briquet tea shipped yofl aa
they were made from material which we obtained during one of our
teet rune. We believe that the iron will assay somewhere about
iron, .045 to .060 phosphorous, .015 to .018 Sulphur. Our
Briquettes regularly runbe tween 67 and 68 in iron, from .030 to
*035 phoBphoroue and from .010 to .015 sulphur. We will be glad
to know how the Briquettes answer your purpose.
Yours' Very truly,
New Jereey & Pennsylvania cion.
V.P,
July 8th, 1898.
1/
Me 8 ora A W. Dolfini & Co,,
140 Nassau Street,
New York City.
Dear Sirs:-
Confirming my conversation day before yesterday we beg'
to etate that we would like to have you submit tie a sample Of
your respirator having the following changes made on the model you
now have.
1st Klaetios to be fastened to the respirator by clips 60
they can be easily moved when the respirator is be washed.
2nd The portion of the respirator going around the mouth to
be made of rubber or some other material that will permit the
respirator to be washed in hot water.
3rd A better arrangement for permitting air to enter the
nostrils . .
While it id not altogether necessary, but in making the
above changes if you are required to make a new model we would
suggest a larger sponge surface. We find on the model you now
have thsit the sponge is so thick that a ter it id wet, it is
difficult to breathe throupgu This may be alright for amoke but
it would not do where the men are required to wear them ten hour*
per day.
Ab etated to you we uaa a good many of theee respirators
in the efrnrse of a year, and if you can make the changes suggested
and get the price down low enough we will consider adopting your
devise.
Kindly let us hear from -you promptly.
Youre very truly,
Hew Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wke.
276
July 8th, 1398.
Me oars Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sires -
We beg to acknowledge receipt of youre 2nd and 6th
enclosing teste of Pennsylvania Steel Company and Thomas Iron
Company of the hare of iron which i* guite satisfactory. Pleas-e
accept our thanks for your help in the matter.
We' note that you have atarted up the Catasaqua Rolling
Mill, and Mr n Join. the .niter in ext.n.ains «» »»
.tehee for year sreat »«ceeea. It .ill not bo .«» Ions
,, .ill be .able .0 aend Mr PeaHltt more of onr Briquette.. ,t 1.
intention no. .0 ..art up the Cru.h.r Plant Saturday, next and
run throuqh tha ora .liioh i. no. loaded on our oar., probably
30 or 40 ale ip a and aoi.btlme next «.» >e l.opn to set another teat
at the Brick er Plante
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania CON/ Wk«
V-P.
Wetherill Separating Co.,
52 Broadway,
New York City.
Dear Sire:- '
' Repaying to youre 1st which- has been waiting my return,
We beg to state that our Briquetting Machinery will Undoubtedly
wdrt eu.cc eas fully on almost any subatartae, but the binding material
ye uie is adapted only for magnetite. It probably would involve
considerable experimenting to get the! proper blMiftg Material for
instances Other then magnetite. If it i$ 4 tj&abtion, What
io the material you deeira to have made into Briquettes?
Yours very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania
July 9th, 1893.
Messrs Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Dear Sire:-
Mr Edison would like to have roiao of the teats showing
the tensile strength and elongation which you get on the bars
made from the low phosphorous pig iron that you are now rolling
at your Cataeaqua Works. He would like these b0 ao to compare
them with teats recently oent ua.
We have ad the Crush er Plan' runing all the morning, oo
far have not put in any ore, 'out axoect to get some in this after¬
noon. Everything runs very well.
Vour 8 very truly.
New Jersey & o.enneylvania Con. Wks.
V.P.
Jfteeera Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penn.
Bear 3ir8i-
We herewith re urn letter from American Iron and dteel
Acnooiation and h eg to aelc that you fill oat the tonpagd Of the
eonoentrateB ehipped. As near ae we can get at it roughly we pro¬
duced about 4000 tone of oonoentratee ^laet year.
Youre very truly.
New Jeraey & Penneylvania Con. WKe.
*»*• v«7 trply.
New J&VKf * 0®»* 'H'*'
308
Jtily exist., 1896.
Messrs Hohtsami & Msttw* Mf$ <?o.,
AS Ohartbei‘6 street,
New Yoarh city,
Dear sirsi-
Thfe writer finds yours iQbii siting bis return find in
y^ly beg* to state that we aranfit at present in the matfhet for
tliA additions, thermometers, ae soon as ne get to it will a«vise you,
fe trust the delay in writing has inno tf«y inObnvenien-
eed your Mr Mauer and we hope to have the pleasure of meeting him
again in tha near future.
It may be of interest t<j you to Knew that your thermom¬
eters are working very well with the exception of one in which the
«Woiiry oolumn sometimes breaBe.alss that we won the law Suit we
h*d fiver the thermometere that your Mr Mauer saw while here.
Youre very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con, Wfcs,
>>'v
mil
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!l
V.P.
July spnu
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July 29th, 1898
Hr J, ? Randolph Trane. ,
Orange,
New y^r»ey*
DeAr Sirl-
Sfel, trill introduce to you Mr J. R. Ho.lrtr.Vie gontle
man about whom T telephoned to-day. He wants to loo* over the
Sew jereey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Worhs booxe from the
tioft the Company was first organized down to d«*. He particular
IV wants ti» portion previous to toaWOt l^r
toT attention you may show hi* will be **•*»•*. by
Youre vepy tJ*uiy*
V.f.
348
July 29th, 1898.
policieo as follows.
Unclosed please find Merchants r«suralloe company'.
. November 29th B 22 @ 500 #1; 017, 784
February 15th B 2 2500 1,017,789
* 13th M 2 2500 1,017,798
13th M 89 2500 1,017,798, al,o their letter
July 8th and carbon copy of letter to you came date.whioh explain
As this letter i
* little unusual we decided to call
on the Merchants Inaurariqo Company and learned that the policies
<j»d been cancelled because of the trouble they had previously in
getting the premiums due from you. We then investigated thie
matter in several ether pianos and found that this Company, togette
with other Edison interest era all looked upon as slow pay on
account of the trouble in collectihg the premiums from you, and it
Aae been stated to -the writer that they1 supposed you had difficulty
in collecting the premise from «*» We need not state that this
-a-
rw**“ * S> *UM1' «,« v ** *
». <*.. «.« *» ,ta„i r. w t8 a„
?JlB 9f y,lhq. «Xo* pay.
^ .hV* 1ro,^areR «** *. «o not a* aoV, ^nsu^rjce
U <iU lar,few^ «o awto w* or th»oi «frw ^4
*** too < lino ** *afl.fchoy ***# thtf #,r* to tdee
***** it KM M ^ y.„on „0 that
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*• jJW A UV3+ Mttitet ,* p**ita**- *U* *„<, jfGel
*• af* «**W to to jpUe*i>i« pwtwt^jv
)k t(> th* M«rc2^«4« polUioo -you $4$ not notify that
*** oofh toftlo to p*Jfr*nt tfe«M <s*fl<,ela«*,ton ad 3rttatt«-
•j- ftnst toy *a* Man elaMoliaa *»#'99*.&k>mA w# h«4^aooo,
i«*0 li.««n «0 to*** *^POO^ l(o ft* not Hit* thlp ana 1„ e»Be
Of riyuff ir4 Vov*a wm>« i*«i **pc&
{ftppAfyfi* ^ ,rll;i ***** **
•g^syua#* s M
jN*.
T. p. leayara,
57 doiborne Street,
Sorottto, Ontario.
Pear Sirt-
Replying to youro July sth to Mr gaison we beg to state
that w. are not interested in iron ore properties i„ Canada .*
h*W all tie can take care o i. in this viointty
Youra very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wits.
August 4th>1898
Mr Mwft Qplbertaon,
Jjtyplying to youy lettei1 ol1 Judd 16th to Mi* Efli
h*# been misplaced, we heg tP state that Vo -a
oaoh-inery *a* & pi** f-or the Unfc people "With a tjdpMty of WOO
tptva pair day. thl? ?lao* we e*p$«t t° have co^jlatsd early najtt
y«d*> and we thin* it would W advisible to wait until that time
aurni see both 'tyetr plant an$ our own in operation. The Zinc
plant is located within five miles of oura.
We oWiah to 50 mesh, the Zinc people will crush to. about
20. Should you decide to looK into the matt!
yq« JfUll data ae to the coats of crushing P
fldft the prices amazingly low.
Yours very truly »'
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. W*e,
August 5th, 1898
Messrs Pilling fc Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penna.
Dear Sires -
. . The pile of Briquettes which your Mr Pilling' saw when
last here has grown so large that we lack room for further tests
so started to-day loading them and will continue to load them
until the pile is .all loaded and unless we hear from you to the
contrary will ship to the Crane Iron Works to apply on their order
These Briquettes have all been made during the tests,
some of them are very hard and some are poor, so please arrange
with Mr Peckitt to unload the cars with as muoh care as possible
so to save breakage. At this writing am unable to tell how many
cars there will be and will advise you later on this point.' It is
Mr KdisonVs intention to run tha Bricker Plant until midnight and
then shut down to make the necessary improvements on the other
furnaces. We have already started the work on them and some of the
material is on the ground and we hope td have regular shipments
going forward by September 1st,
Yours very truly, V.P.
August Otht X89&.
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, ,« ffff. — — «*“ f"“ th8 InSm““
... » - — » - -- “a u 7
« ,„d I may ..V at hi. TOBe.tl.n, that th. «*«« “»M
hie oonsent.and x may say
' . atlon..0 in our letter 29th ultimo, the information
the investigation e-d ln _ ^
„ after it and from several sources, all of *hom
obtained by our going after
. . a lie by any one having an axe 8
agreed and was not furnished ue by any
+ 4 faot we had some difficulty in setting some of
as you surest, in fact
the information and it was given us in strictest confideno
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„4 ,.h e.n ff.ll, l»r» f™> «“ P88pl8 *' ®* P“
„„ le< „„ in OT
We note ydur comments as
„ „ caU .« «rti« « »• »"* ttrt °ut ,l*w
risk and beg *750 000 i we are
.«*.i« ** °''er 4 , , .
« ,-ire is more insurance with the 1* .«
in but fifteen*
August tlth, 189S.
Mr W. T. lawcon,
34 Naaaau Streot,
New York City.
Dear Sirs-
We are in receipt of a. letter .from Orange atatin^j that
you have asked Whether Mr JSdiaon would at laboratory on Monday
and are pleased to advice you that »m .be there Ora Monday and
v/tli asa you if you come out.
Your « very truly.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania cop. Whs.
te* Paler Cooper Hepitt,
17 Baril»g aii'pt,
NerYojtf: City.
2t»«f 61*; ^
Replying -6# yat&v 4th to I<r raison wft beg to. «tat* *h«t
ha OaM be *tjiw at our wofua hero any time next ;»e<30f after fuMdt&r
«fad If yea tfeofrlS to . eifll on him we woulfi «ug«?en you tajre tu«
$.$0 A. fo. fcjpa&i frfy* 6ortl»n4t or Desbropaee Stlf&et ypur citr
tf*tL we» voflr -Xueguahftrina ft E. "R. ana gb to hg^e^stoostg
Wo* fret's ay anti twin abive i<j OUi? vorh* herb. You cfan then leave
fYom our worlte tty tha 0, 8f p. Of &«# jereet at B.3,? fc, M, and
reajijfcv New Yone at 7.30
YCurp yarf trtoly,
Nep T-tfeay 4 PennaylYariU <W 'Ttt«.
August 12th, 1398
" /
Meeisrs Pilling & crane,
Philadelphia,
Penna.
Deaf Siroi-
We want- to erect a small furnace for melting chilled iron
in oruoilblee latfge enou#i to hold* say two crucibles 100 pounds
each when loaded, can you obtain for ue blue prints or sketches
of the UMual method of malting oruoibl furnaces?
Thanlting you in advance for your reply, we are
Vouro vary truly,
Mew Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
Jlr Jtfvn M. Dealo***
Miaaourt
U#*r Si^-
Repifclnrg to yowre ath to Mr Rdieon «9b»? to et@ta thAt
ha ha^ not had any fl*P«rtenoe with *et eruehin.? but believes that
With A tbr«:hiT^i >s>n **■ diameter instead of a6“,that we have
V0U14 {fetftatnly 80- from. 60 to 80 tone hourly crushing from the
lar»?«tr to the email or aiae of eamwlee eent him. It la possible
^here m^ht be trouble In the fineo atirtln? to the roll a ae with
W 9r»kt pasture*.. f°W *«*«*•*»« will tell you aV to this pro
• Wlitn we have hot yet «e«lqn«d the smaller roll a but hope to do
PO soon. We h*be not h*<l an>‘ sxperienea with wet ocreenln^all oUr
swat* have bean Obt&lrtfcA frdft dry Of a. Juet as aoon at W JMiaon
fl^e* ttw'he i* to try the experiment of screening wet ore
tM w*U let you Know the results.
yghra oetr truly,
Hef Jor<ay & Pennsylvania Con. Wka.
Letterbook, LM-236
This letterbook covers the period July-December 1898. All of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company. His
letters deal mainly with equipment, supplies, and routine daily instructions to
employees at the Ogden works. The spine is stamped "Letters" and is labeled
"July 1, 1898 to Dec. 9, 1898." The book contains 703 numbered pages and an
index. Pages 174-703 are blank. Only 3 items have been filmed.
136
November 8th, 1898.
a 0 T I n a
Pereone employed in the Mills of this Company muet
report for duty five(5> minutes before iheir shift commences. In
ease of sictaese they must said a notice to their Foreman that
they are unable to come on duty, any person absenting themselves
otherwise without permission from their Foreman will b6 nable to
laid off for one or more weeks, or to be discharged.
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wts.
Thomas A, Edison, Pres.
Edison, N. J. November 26th, 1898
Pleaee buy the following material for the 3rd table at the
Eight cane seated chairs, 4 Turkey red table clotheB about 5'
iri.de x 10' long,fair quality, 1 table flannel 5' wide x 10* long
3 dozen white napkins,! dozen knivee.i dozen f orks, 2 aozen table
spoons, 1-1/2 dozen teas spoons all silver plated fair quality.
5 individual salt dishes, 5 individual popper dishes, 2 glass vinegai
cruetB,2 china sug^r bowls, 2 china tpoon holders, 2 china cream
pitchers, 1 a>zen individual butter dishes, 1 flat glass celery dish
1 glass fruit dish, about 8 or 10» diameter, 2 dOBen small desert
di die 8, 1 dozen cups, 1 dozen saucers, 1 dozen pie platee.l dozen
dinner plates, 1 dozen eating plates.l china cake dieh,l dozen wood
en napkin rings, 2 glass pickle dishes, 1 gravy bowl, 6 vegetable
dishes about 6« x 9«, 2 small meat plattens about 7 x 10, 2 water
pitchers china,one dozen glaeses.l dozen soup dishes, 1 tea
strainer, 2 coffee strainers.l Igrge sized gravy strainer, 1 double
roasting p«*i fo a 20 « wide oven.
All the above we want of the saaae type of dishes used
in the ordimry restaurant, fair quality, and heavy so they will
stand rourfi usage.
The following agate ware we want of good quality
Two Kettlesl2 quarts ,1 large agate spoon,! agate tei
quarts. Also order one large butcher Knife, 3 peeling Knives, 2
medium sized dish pans, 3 large yellow bov/ls,2 one quart yellow
bowls, 2 two quart yellow bowls, 1 copper tea Kettle.
n all ths ab va use your beet judgement and purchase where
you can do beet and get quicKest shipments as we are in urgent
need of all these goods having about 50 eating at White House an
dushe s for only ab out 30.
Your 8 very truly.
Bdison, N. J. November 20thilS93
Please get prices of the material on attqched sheet both
from Mill and from stocK.
Yours v ery t ruly, *
in, 7 ' ' ~ '-WHIWW .{to. VP'/ ■ s
Kdison, M. ,T . Deeunher 3rd, .1898.
Pleaas place order for the following -
20 co ts
20 Mattresses
50 sheets
40 quilts
20 Pillows
25 Pillow cases
20 washstands and pitchers sas-.e as in Owl Plats
One rrroBa of coat rack hotoarsfor han^in* clothes on
30 cha i rs .
Yours very truly,
V/.S. Mallory.
I think you had beater see Mr Mallory before ordering these
Letterbook, LM-237
This letterbook covers the period November-December 1898. All of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company. His
letters deal mainly with briquettes, equipment, and supplies. Some of the items
rdate to operations at the Ogden works. One letter refers to Edison’s method
of hiring people. The spine is stamped "Letters" and is labeled "Nov. 12, 1898
to Dec. 14, 1898." The book contains 705 numbered pages and an index. Pages
421-705 are blank. Approximately 10 percent of the book has been filmed.
Kovatber 12th. 189s
M«Mr> PiUtn? & C ran*.
9t UataXph ia.
9*ap Sirs:-
«r »Pte« ratom** this cornin- fro- csta.a^a mA y^
a«a«on * 4 *h» vrit^r has* «.l« a.^smoon fc#9^ invtsti 'ratin' the
BPtekflp Plant.
?# COtJi **v» *»»•" » b««r on Croshw ”iant *,« ai31 -*1
that «• lmv» latd to 1 ,av« the Spiejc*. 'Uan to car man. *• have
t0 "“"*»■ *• «» •«* '« too. hoar on on.i
*i*«r and »«p *»*"* * that rat* until * ar« aavfn* P«fMUy
•atltfac'lorr froa *tory **«■•. WMWtl, our ship-
“*** r°r *** ' **“ **«**•** Brl^.»t,. **** to- toy
-U1 -to fcrwra to Cataw«ua «« «r, far r*m -*tl.f*atorr out li!t
ttw «r* loadad on oar. *. to, oacia** u 1# tew ^ fo mrg.n-
thor than onload tUs. V. think », ton „«iM yo. tofctn .
day. tte qnflrtlon of ^or W<tw;t« »m t, »«ttl«£. Rcc, of th.
fuma«. «>, ^04 Brl*»e#* othw. tory poor.
is Hh. 199ft
"•MW miinjf & Cnr,^
1fc* rmUroae p*t&2* Sia net tafc* eat the too ear« Ja*t
n ha* K*4«e far vfco Tteaaae I«« ****** «,a »« h«7« M(kvl
mi to safe* obt*£*nte to tb*« antii n «»t th* qtulltf of Brt*aat«*
rannlni? bettor.
Mr hpta» w*» ** Cfst a»«9»o yoottr^wy -tna &*« fcrau^t at
SM9U« af it* Srtemtos ana It l« vrttHmt tfcat *fc»«*a in char^o
of oar Brf *Vor »l»Rt 1» wor feaatSn^ tMn* Kf KUaen not havte?
ttao to «o tho l»Wo»ar =*ar*,tto witor ho* s«w*a*a to «*«
<*»» ■**« if »-* aamot »« anna anife**. In the
Koaattsa #or a*it is net ttsmk* asjr anioawto extoot t«
Mr ftfeioan s*^«| that a lit*, 2* 'm*9Un*iTF* BOrk* fc*
•ono atone «w falaat fomaea **»p2« at«i tfc* t<£*» to «£»««*• than
«!» to tta that %im SftwtlM «tU ns* to h**l fry «es« tk* »ntU
oo «* mmhlwr **l%f»* ««U an* cun «** *&«re**hlr fereJroa In,
^ *>***«> %b.%r. „ ar ^
- .. .* «M „. ... _ tMt ,«_t ,. wt -fi
« ..... .r.ruir,r — ** * *• ■— *•■ —
*** ™ ”'*•■’• *»« «- »«i« «.
,m *. ....::'* *" "** rw “* ■n”tun'*«« =«*«« h
” *** »«**««•* to u».
y#w* **rr traiy,
*** ■?«►«**• % »mvti TlTwU ^ ^
52
November ltith,1898
Dear Mr Bergen:-
v°« l.t,,r to Mr
*“ “r i*« *« , ,lw ,lth
“* ** •«***•« *• tor .. »1U, ,M „r .rub,
or. .i,o w M. „„ o«,.r l„fo„„io„ to want.
Mr vm.ra i, pr,„o, ln S.M, nothin, r„„h.r con b.
until hio return.
Vs are making uteady progress, our beat record to a*
being 1314 tone in 7 hours 12 rninutee.
With kind at regards, T an:
YmVS
7,0 S. Bergman,
1 at Aver
*5nue & 33rd Street,
He’v York City.
ety truly
63
"I
Nov gcb ex* 16th, 1
Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Penna.
Dear Sire: -
V<e herewith return Mr Peckitts letter 11th and 12th which
we lave noted, .fust at present there seems to be two tuoubles so
far as the -Briquettes are cone ernedV We find that- 1£< we allow the
Briquettes to cool off in the open air they are Z-l/z times strong
than when they are cooled off by water, on the other hand if we
load, them direct into the cars, the cars take fire which is also
rather expensive.
last night at lake Hopatcong Junction three cars took
fire one of which was badly burnt. We are to day trying the follow¬
ing scheme of loading S or ten cars putting a little in each and th
then moving the car by our locomotive allowing the small quantity
to cool and in this way we hope to bo able to cool the Briquettes,
without the aid of water. We also find another trouble when water
is not used, that is shore there is a large quantity of hot Bri¬
quettes in the car together, the center of the pile gets very warm
Nc vorobei* 17th, 1893
Messrs Pillin* * Cran&j
- The writer Las went *23 or his ti«6 at tho Brisker
the lest two *tty9 „* think undoubted we have found the
trouble which has been causing the Briquettes to ~o to fihWThs
Briquettes that were loaded yesterday were the t-eet r* ,*¥l# W9P
maae.avcrasinw on our testing machine about five blows to a brick
(Wa cens W . three blow briquette all ri*t> these Brtquette.
-«re loaded Into the- cars. which’ we have held *12 nieht.- bhile they
* ere . bel n*r3 oaflod, we used water on aoffie of thaR,0n other. no
water was use*,,* find tftl* earning both lots are In bad coi¬
tion. our experience of last ni*ht confirm us in the opinion that
*** Briquettes oxidize after they are Ir. the cars, o win* to ^
lar-re quantity of heat which coma, out of the centers.
»« hero decided to put up a larqa fan where tho Briquett
are loaded and blow a 3,prrQ qUantlty of aip ov#r, thflR ^
so into the car a, this cools ti:o» off ... , _ ...
It »43.1 taft« two or threo day* to rrst title fan into
position as 33 havs to luilc » structure to hole it, in th* ataan-
tiseo »* will do the V-asi »s can losdin-t tijo Eriqttsttsc a» eatlitssd
in oars of yesterday. If the Eriqustte* wcold only keep in ths
ears© condition they ar« sfcen first loaded* they #oai<5 oe . ,
entirely satisfactory.
Years very troly.
nvt larsey & '“er.neylnwia Con. *ks«
1/
Nov«cb*r 18th, 1898
Mr 1. 0. Kosher
Kolana "Point,
lake Kopatcon'-;, '1, J ,
Dear Stri¬
de are In receipt of your cos»lalnt 23 to cart In reply
we be 5 to state we ere unloading the coal ae fact as w* ire abl9 to
do ao wifti our carts and horses. ?/o have sent for two more horses
and sill then catch up in a day or two.
Under the now eyetejr. of loading ten eara of Briquette*
at one titee(ie) ^hittina a few briquettes in each rrivin*: the* time
to cool off before the other Briquettes are put in and the
arrangement we hare cade not to ship any rear-* Briquettes the day
they are loaded but to hold them here on our Bice tracks over
nlff.t to avoid the trouble of a few days a«o at Hopateonn Junction
we will always require here at least 20 ears. aiea8r. retcesber
this in aafcins oar reports of empties.
Tte writer wnnlfi also appreciate if any individual easts
th# cars are held here lonrter than they should b* you would send
128
Now Jer!
Crane Iron Works,
ffc »i£.7S ohippe
a«S 3B097 arc. xn&d be obliged If you vo
-requested, in ow letter of yeeterday ac -
•-day cars 36046, 3S01S, 56133
>uld make ue 4 report as
to the condition or these
Brioootte. after they or„ UMoMea. «* ?ou woula
not, ttetner or net the B*W»„ ore *».„ „ ths t0„ „ ^
the bottom of the car.
We haw not. receive a any assays from you of late, would
» «<V „1M ,0 Wr. the*. ,« hove ,*rori*„tins ttl.
"* ft™ that tr the Bri«»M.« nr «,M to „„„a „ „* „„
“* °r 6r'>’'“-« «n *•* lot. tMn ... no,,
b« 1ft* pr.eti.oblo to n I*. tnm «, a.r .
®“* *" °<' “«* *• *• vn- -ail. ir it to poo.,,,.
" W t,*,• ,’I"‘ ”” *»“« « * «... untii wo
*• 0‘- BriW‘'“ » or i,„ .lrrcislMy.
1 Yours very truly;
132
(
Hove^ber S9th,1898
Measr# Pillimr & Crane,
Philadelphia,
94ina.
Dwar "im: -
^fe non. .•-i-.h eticucte carbon copy of letter to Crane iron
*l*r>fO *«h ieh « xplal iw t J>-.«2i\ If little care n taksn 07 the
£isrt Furnace poo pis ** u*iivv* the Briquet. s» w« are sencUn.r
forward nos w;u show van’ little breakage. in our .-,xp eriwsn ts
,-’h* ”•» the Br-iijue -tea have been at lowed to drop o -or 1ft f*9t,rre
-o ice if they etrike on «<5»?o tboy cpino rally <lo not break, but if
•toy hMp«n to etriko flat, in S caeeti cut of 10 th ey break into
•i aa«« and it 1,’ the center or the bricks that are not hard tfca-
s- ankaao >*■" rrurae i rake a too much fines. We noted that wn.vt a
iyiquntTo roll od AO«n a cht.no on adc;o it did uo\ very of * ?n oraak
these that, alia 6«»n on the fiat ni m ..1 i *:i no t tot velocity
• nr.ura to ck v. ry no cl: bsir.aao,
*?e oo.U c*/« it -till t>sv the Bl«et Furnace f> take a
little «»>,.. it uitlonsi.-ir thf. B to* am* t .-.at they -yin i..t:<-: ts
ic. tsany linen over in :ha in*ra»«a hf th* of ;h»lr f»r«se**.
November 23rd, 1398
Suburban Underwriters Association,
58 Willi an Street,
New York City.
Dear Siret-
Relative to the chants of the wiring in our plant, we be*?
to ask that you advise us the names of say, one half dozen makes
of wire that will be satisfactory to you, ae we note in your little
pamphlet of Rulee & pequiremente you epecify’Approved'’ rubber
insulated covorinr;.
Thank in:; you in advance for your reply,
.qu«stt*
*1X1.:
a Cheviot
iroba'ply no
■ajca>x Conv *)f!
J V
November 29th. 1893
Messrs Pilling & Crane,
.j_ Philadelphia.
Penn.
Dear Siret-
Youre 26th fully noted. The two machinist are here to-day
talking with Mr fldison, &J not -know result®.
COAX,.- The rice coal about which you write ie a* AM *e
have not noticed that It 1« W softer than the lehigh Coal it
89en» to be purely a section of size ae with a finer coal we have
less air holes through the body of the fire and are enabled to run
our furnace. «»* more r^ularly as to temperature which of course
is verr desirable as it is the kl* and low temperature. <that make
bad Briquett ee.
n lo.t.r to-a.y fro. ,K« *«tf« ttout M you
and -11 UM «• »” * ”* -I- «' «*••» ’1U 1M y°“
in a day or two.
Your 8 vary truly,
.Torsov & Psineylvania Con. Sks*
304
November 29th, 1893
Relative to the freight rates on sand.
Acs;:- a that th e Railroad Company made the
Instead of 50 cents per ton. Could :
would get s. rebate of 10 cents psr
lot be arranged so that web
i and still have the tariff
rate 50 cents. We would then reduce the price of the sand we. bow
sell for 25 cent e a ton to, say, 15 cents and lower in special cases
making the cost to the contractors the same s if the freight was
reduced. 5he contractors laving to pay the Railroad Companies for
the freight we would save to a large extent the risk of losses
caused by the contractors not paying Ue.
You are undoubtedly aware that the class of people who -4
bx# sand are not the most reliable financially and in any case
should they fail to pay us ibr the sand we would still gSt 10 cento
per ton for it. This would enable us sometimes to take chances we
would not otherwise care to do and enable us to offer the railroad
Company larger t <>nnage,at the eametime the rebate due us
by the
319
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/ November 30th,lo5<>
•C;
Kiiiri Pilling * Cr an<9,
ft iUadel*>hia,
Ptfltta.
IKar Siras-
We taava just te-UTrapbad you "Horlt delayed by h»«w anow
battar delay your visit until next week* which we now bag to con¬
firm
«• are only ru«*inf? the. Crusher Plant to-day and are
hawins quite a lltt&a trouble a« tfca ore waa in the aJripa ever
ni*Sit awl became frozen. It is oar intention to al*aya hava th»
aklpe empty at niaht.tout wa set eausht ones ir. a whlle.At Brisker
oiant *4 in Mill *1 »« have a lar*. force of carj»ant«r« elowin*
uo ail the buildlnqw end *« **■« Siting »*« to h«*t tbea.tfce
ariober Plant with awhaust at earn and out an extra boiler at Mill *1
Tbia wortt of oo urea interfere® with our mm in* and it iw very
dovtotful .bother wa will bo mm in* on Prlday and whan Mr Cook and
Mr Koona are with ua we would lib# vary suah to be runnin*.
Va note freight rates on Briquettes to Pittston wia 60
aente instead of 70 aanta which is wery gratifying.
November 30th, 189S
Mr Richard N. Dyer,
31 Nqesau Street,
New YorN City.
Dear Siri-
I be-t herewith to enclose letter from Mr Bergman, also
the enclosure he mentions.
Mr Mi eon request that X forward all the papers to you
.. want .0 .<9 anythin, naln.in, to Or. Millin, P»«nt
with out oon.ant. If it i. «ri*l.t for than, to M .ionea
™ I will have them signed and forwarded to
please return them and I wiJ.1 nave
Mr Bergman.
I will not answer Bergmans letter until hear from you.
I
Yours very truly,
New Jareey & Pennsylvania Con* Wta*
J
December 2nd. 1893
Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia.
°“r S°”1' „„ T„ «P» T
v& be- to herewith -.ncioee /»
, Mr tei„. , «. noon ««-.» « ■" "* tt*
„m.n Nr An . tl„. and ««W «"*•« th*,
— rw *r * ~ - «" Mr M“‘”ifre
,hen yon com. ». t n llttlo <*M *1°‘
come with you and see Kr SSiaon ^ deal 0f eorree-
•Uir““n”T
P”“,n”0' wlm .. «, -UP u — - -
«,»«*' «<nPl«*>
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Your 6 very truly.
V.'
Messrs Pilling & crane,
Philadelphia,
Pema.
Dear Sirs:-
Bver since the cola weather set in we have had consider
able trouble from two sources, first, as you know, the accommoda¬
tions for our men are very poor, the houses old, and some of them
almost impossible to keep warm. We have brought from the outside a
good many men who only remain with us a few days and then leave,
cosplaining they are unable to staid the cold weather in our houses
This has necwssitated otr breaking in green men right along on our
machines and causing a good deal of trouble. While we have started
building 25 houses for men with familiss and a large boareing houss
to acconinodat e fifty men without familise it will take us a couple
of monthe to ooraplete them and based on the trouble we have already
had we can see that when very cold weather oomes on we will at
times be unetole to run our plant for the lack of' men.
2nd. As you know our Mills are not h9atad in any way and al¬
though we have had a steam pipe with our oil syeton we find that
at p la 088 miite some distance from the boiler the oil thickmis
and will not run when the temperature sets below 30 decrees. It
will therefore be necessary for ueto heat both Crasher Plant and
Mill #1 by steam so that the temperature in both buildings will
be at all times kept above 40 decrees.
This is not a difficult problem as we have nut this
system into effect in our Brisker Plant and find the results are
very satisfactory. Tt, however will take quite some time to ooraplete
the system that we have decided under existing circumstances the
best thing we cai do is to dose down our Plant until the latter
part of March or early in April. In the meantime we shall go
ahead and complete the houses already mentioned and put in the
Steam Heating system so to be ready for next winter.
The nachinery in the Mill s is all working very satisfact¬
orily. The Crusher Plant ran continously all day yesterday, only
one (team ftiovel and One Blaotric Crane working we put through
over 1300 tons. Mill #1 ran all day yesterday with a loss of only
21 minutes and Brisker Plant ran continously all day. This morn¬
ing however Crusher Plant is running, but Mill #1 is unable to run
owing to the trouble with the oil pipes.Bricker Plant has been
■ t ie with considerable
cleion but under existing eireumetan ees it eeeme to be the b e8t
thing
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Win
382
l/
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December 7th, 1898
Mr Stephen Colee,
41 Park Row,
New York City.
Dear sir;-
At Mr Baison’s request we have telegraphed you"Please
eubmit proof of article before publishing" which we now beg to
confirm, ^anerabering the short time in which you completed and
ptkblieh4d the other article we deemed it wise to telegraph you
instead of wait tq>on the mail
Mr Sdison desires to look over your article before it
is published as so many incorreot statements have been made in
articles previous y published.
Yours very truly.
New jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wke.
V.P.
$
December 7th, 1898
Dear j/p* Bergman: -
Your 8 3rd fully noted. Replying to Mr Seubel' 8
inquiry as to the cOet of ore milling that on the basis of four
tons of crude material for one ton cf Briquettes we expect the cost
will be under §2.00 per ton of Briquettes. This based on an output
of at least 500 tons of Briquettes in ten hours. I herewith return
Mr Seubel's letter.
Trusting this is the information y«ru desire, I am
I
Vx
Yours v ery truly,
390
December 7th, 1898
xin 3 el ting Company,
1219 Carpenter Street,
Philadelphia, Penna.
■»ar Sirs:-
Sinee cold weather came on we have had a great deal of
trouble with our men owing to the laclc of accommodations for them
and we find that first class men cannot be induced to remain with
is for the want of better accommodations. This has cals ed us a
,reat deal of trouble and made r plant run very irregular ever
lince cold weather sat in as we are compelled to Keep: breaking
n green men to run our machinery. After considerable consideration
e have decided to stop our operations until the cold weather is
er.
In the meantime we will build a lot of houses so we may
9,vo places for our men and we shall also complete the steam heat¬
ing system which has been started in our large buildings. In view t
of the above we have telegraphed you" Ship no more consigned stobk
see our letter" which we now beg to confirm.
Relative to the stock already received, as most of it is
in original packages we would like to 8hip it back to you.having
you give ue credit for it, charging us with the freight and eartagi
bn it. Then when we start up again next spring we can have anew
lot shipped.
Trusting this will be satisfactory to you and thanking
you for past favors, we are
Yours very truly,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Con. Wks.
Letterbook, LM-238
This letterbook covers the period June-October 1899. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Malloiy, vice-president of the company. There
is also correspondence by John F. Randolph, treasurer, and Francis R. Upton,
sales agent for sand. The letters deal mainly with personnel matters, company
financial obligations, briquettes, equipment, supplies, and sand orders. Some
of the items relate to state taxes and the filing of reports with the state. A few
letters pertain to cement. One letter concerns plans to mill gold ore at the
Ortiz mine in New Mexico. The front cover is labeled "Letter Book of the New
Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works From June 2, 1899 to October 23,
1899. The book contains 499 numbered pages and an index. Less than 10
percent of the book has been filmed.
June
'is Expo alt.
next
However.
re-heater
.lea to rock drills and for other
the re-heater we
:omraercial
ray return here. Son
learn that you
inabli
do any thing with your Philadelphia
friends. Hope you will have
get 7^ per unit for the ore, :
about $4.69.
with other party. We
b. our works, which would net
Yours very trulyj
’tiling & C>
Philadolpi
Gentlemen
he would like
Relative to Mir
to visit Hr, Ayres at the Breaker at Hazleton. Will you please
arrange for an appointment the latter part ol* next week? Assuming j
of course , that every thing is satisfactorily arranged on Monday.
•y truly,
„ I r rg; 2[
■day about noon;
ye a ter day.
: linker
ground has noi
( eraent
work. We could, of course
ao ior you, out as we have
5uld either be compelled to build
do the necessary screening on tl
more.
screen we
•■ne use or water on your
'Often them, and suggest thal
set may tend t<
experiment,
If you wish us to ship the
advise, although as stated abov<
or ten days to get it ready for
sr screening it, please
probably take us a week
June 7th, 1B99,
Mesa. pilling
^liladelphia
Gen tie me n-
llr. >;dison a«: the undersigned
yesterday, end we tried to have the
ao that we could' learn what was goir
fifteen mlnute3 late they could not
iir. williams on the train, but he ev
were unable to learn anything as to
learned that there Is some trouble w
unable to take old cars out and put
know all about this.
On our return here this morning
was here yesterday, which wo greatly
make another call on us.
Yours very truly.
-
37
L. Saunder
■tlandt
Kindly let us know as soo.n as possible what working pressart
you intend to carry on locomotive at Easton shops; Are you going
to use the accelerator? If so, what will ha the maximum pressure
that the heater would have to carry? Want to know this to de¬
termine whether the heater we have here will stand the pressure.
Also please give U3 the approximate storage capacity of the
looomotive, and size of cylinders and drivers.
:ry truly.
Philadelphia
Gentle:-
Srtiscm
the undersigned wii:
train
leaving at 4-10 ?„H, ,
io-;riorrow (June 13th;
and arriving at Hazel:
and' will look for your vr. -pilling at
TT. ~ \ " ZZ
1090
Pilling
ientlo:
on the subject of briquette, which
/ill you kindlj
Helative
logue of the burners mule by the Vulcan Iron Works.
We al3o note you have sent papers from .Mr* Bi
tXlinger, which
solved
■Mi son as
will refer
aia for the Edison
>i'iling on
jdtson will tajk this over with your
Wednesday,
;o to Whit;
week
if ter
i Tine week. He says he
yourself stop v/ith him al
is. He will take up the v
Thursday and Friday of last; week the Ceme
;0rP“ratM' rlr« — OT Directors
‘r‘ Edison signed, and.
contract by
first payments, sc
Company will gp t hroif ,
to state that
regards, x
Yours
James Tonklng,
Of course ,
of corrugations.
i*r. Edison also says he believes you vi
the foundations under the rolls where the -I
cement is the same as that under someof the
He thinks it
the cement is of poor quality, to take out
i best cement you can get.
as we 11 • as around then,
in quality the foundations will probably
L then have trouble with the machinery
might be
that now in place, and fill in with the
This should, be done under the I beams i
as if the cement is poor
3hake loose, and you wil.
getting out of line, etc
Yours very truly.
ilorpie
morn is
notor
id i son
>jected
that reason he believes the street car siot<
iuimt of their
continuously
also a ah a that you send the results
: prices fcr t lie .motors, as x»er list
Mr. Ed war:: Savoy,
Orange,
Dear Sir¬
in J,
te accept your offer to build atm oomplote tho twenty- three
fraiae houdds aud. water clasata? at Edison*. tta,, includin'? all
carpenter and mason mrk, for the Atmof On* ganaroa and shifty-
pjve Dollar si ($135,00)' for ouch house including ciloddt. She
carpenter and mason work to be done according to drawings A 1481
and D 1303, and strictly in accordance with specifications herewith
attached* dated Juno 34th, 1GQ0,
Tho houses are to be plastered inside, first with a rough
coat of pl&otering and than a finishing ooat.
Wo trill deliver the necessary material on the ground near
Where the buildings are to be erected.
Your a very truly.
Accepted June 24th, 1899,
144
Juno 27th, 1899,
2&", R, h, Cunningham,
Edison,
JT.J.
Dear sir-
Some time since we received blanks from Trenton, asking for
statistics on our labor, We have tried to get out of giving this
information on the grounds that our work was experimental, but as
you will note from enclosed letter, they insist on having the re¬
ports. Please fill in the information desired as to wages etc.,
and return to us at the earliest possible moment. You will note
where you cannot give definite information you are allowed to
estimate.
As the time is past due for returning this, please let us
have it at your earliest convenience.
Yours very truly.
June 39 th, 1399,
Philadelphia,
Pa,
<Jeatle»«n-
We fully note yours « the SSfch, ana that Mr, Shulraerdine
has not overlooked tt» matter of Cement stock, but hope?, to take it
days. It is for this reaeon w* are holding off as to
Ur, Ayers, Vfe have had Mr. Hert.er at work on the plans for the
changes at Kdlaon, and have quite o number of things ready to order
as soon as the financial matter is settled. We however agree with
you that It la best not to urge the matter with Mr. Shelmerdine, but
to wait his good pleasure,
We think It .will be Interesting to you to know that we have
succeeded in making briquette which do not oxidize under the action
of heat, anti that are harder than any we have yet made. «re have
Mr. Ballentlne at work now trying to oxidise them, hut as yet he has
not succeeded. We believe this will overcome the trouble wo had
last Pall of briquetta being damaged after they were loaded on the
The writer expects to meet Mr, Crane at Kenville this after¬
noon, and go with him to Hurd to-morrow.
Mess, pilling & crane,
Philadelphia,
July 11th, 1899
Pa.
Dear sirs-
We beg to return herewith letters relative to Iron Ore Mine
in Cuba. Mr. Ediso'n says he is not interested in it.
Relative to the Pardee Chute, he is of the opinion that we
better delay for the time being any operations on it, as he is m
altogether sure that there is ore enough to be found, to warrant
234
July 19th ,1899,
Mr. chan. 3, StaphouB,
Cure Barber Asphalt, Paving Cv,,
Santiago <te cube,
Cuba,
Bear sir-
Repins to yours of the 3rd to J*v Sdlson, heg to state
m 'W'B not yet to take up the question of eoncen trating
briquotting ores outside of this country.
Xcure very truly.
251
July mh, 1699.
Mosa. pilling & or awe,
Philadelphia#
Kb.
Bear ftifa-
Ve have fully noted yours of t'm S5th „ and will fi<*e up tin*
briquette proposition with Va\ Udibow aa aoon as wa sen him. C fro
are dictating this letter at hurts* but hope to gat out to laboratory
to-morrow. ) .
Relative to th$ raacMwc at Hurd, beg to state if we start tip
w<s will need the air compressor and the boiler you now have, tt
wo do start up, we can loan you another holler that will ao the
pumping while the shaft is feeing aunk, hut doubt- if it would he
large enough to handle the water during the mining operations,
As to pumps, wo are iu the earn position as heretofore, having
nothing hut compound pumps to send you, and those of course we
will need in case tho worfta are started up.
Relative to the di&wostd drill, we beg to state our machine is
one of the old type, and we do not think it will put down a 3*> hole;
however , will have the matter looked up, and advice you on this
point later. We note what you soy as to Mr. Anderson, and will
hear him in mind when selecting our men.
July BOth, 1899.
Hr. P. J. Olino,
Care Oenl. Incandescent Arc Light Co.,
1st Ave. & 31at St.,
Hew York city.
W Dear ttr, Cline-
Conflrming tal^Lono "beg to state, itr, Edison would
like to renew $5000,00 of his notes to Sir. Berkun, of #4000,00
each, falling due Aug. JHth anti Sept. 6th. Hill you therefore
please arrange to get from Mr. Bergmann , new four months notes tar
#3000.00 each.
Hr. Edison requests that you send his kindest regards to Mr.
pergmam whan you write him, and tell him that, things are coming
along very well for us hnra, that the Cement deal has been consum¬
mated, the money paid in* and that good progreeo is being made on
the plana. Also that some of the other matters are looking well.
Yours very truly.
259
July 27th, 1899.
Hy Dear Colonel Reiff-
W„,r to .oor, or u* M* h.-.S i,»,n «W- «*» « « «*
nos.. I beg to «.olo» 5® '»«'* “aly8ia 1,1 SaiB°”
o& revrueated.
yours very truly.
To Ool. J . C .Relff ,
20 Broadway,
’■jew yov'K City
AMAP/S'rs OF EOT BOH BRIQUETTES.
Binder
0.102
Silica
3.320
Protoxide of iron
35.806
Peroxide of Iron
66, 643
oxide of Manganese
0.223
Alumina
0.268
Wine
1,82V
Magnesia
0.410
phosphoric Acid
Q.091
Sulphuric Add
0.288
Water & loss in Ignition
1.806
»*0*"
Metallic Iron
06.V2O
Phosphorus
0,040
S.
0,114
274
Aug. 9th, 1899.
Mr. A. H. Storre,
Scranton,
Pa.
Dear sir-
Your favor of the 4th I find on my return here. Hr. Ddison,
however, is away on his vacation at present, and I will take the
matter up with him as soon as he returns, and then write you more
fully.
Yours very truly;
Mr. R, H. Cunningham,
Edison,
Replying to your inquiry of the 1st, Hr. Mi son says you itay
put the foundations in power house for the porter engine, and tuk
out the old foundation at brieker plant, so you con use the sa;se
bolts. When the engine is off you better make a template before
the old foundation is taken down.
Yours vary truly.
328
Au(i. 22nd, 1899.
Mess. Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia,
Pa.
Dear Slrs-
The writer returned this morning feeling very much benefited
by his vacation, and hopes to soon catch up with the work.
What about the coal business? Do you expect soon to have some
people here to visit it, or will you wait until we get our boilers
burning the fine coal? What do you hear from Hurd? Mr. Edison
asked me this morning, and I could tell him nothing later than
what Mr. Pilling told us at Ocean Grove.
Yours very truly. '
Replying to yours of the 25fn, I heg to state we have no
printed form showing number of men employed, but have one v;ritten
up every day, as per copy herewith enclosed, v/hich please return to
us as soon as you have finished with it.
The amount of drilling done, explosives and oil used, we obtain
at the end of the month. Every time any material was delivered
from store-room, a ticket signed by the foreman having charge of the
particular work, was delivered to store-keeper, and these tickets ,
after the goods had been delivered, rare to go to office, and charg¬
es made, so that we had a report, as above stated, at the end of
each month.
At the Hurd nine, the work so far has been sinking the shaft,
and no system for underground work has been started.
Trusting this will be of some value to you, we are
Very truly yours.
jntroi
in the mean tip
;i
03 it, ef>nne<|Mentiv* mo work has leer! done
coept here at the Laboratory. Vie now propose to put up a wall
speriraental plant on the Hew Mexico property, ami later on will
tve something to puMiah.
Relative to the suggestion as to writing an article covering
mie of the Incidents that happened during the magnet bio are
par at ion work, we prefer to have nothing further published until
’ter the v/orka ar« in operation again. We are making every
■operation to start them again next Spring, and after shipments
' ■— %
resumed,, we have no objection:1 to an article of this sort being Bunf
397
Sept. 19th, 1099.
in 3/w? should ' run about 2.35 revolutions
u 1EO0 to 24QQ. 4s to the wiring, we will semi
ready to do it, but we
.a new Wire to go in wu?t be under-writer's
WlV ’ 7 1,111 thU « G00« lorn cot « memorandum of what
1;: ;:' »ded i'raa Kr, ward,
Hegardin,; the ttopQ a^tha, we probably Qa» use thto on the .
3tiwr filing* v;e expect to put up* Please see that they ore
-nored where they will be kept In .goad condition. Mr. $aison
"AyH t0 put ** *«*»«* end stoop c on the first two houses built,
and also build the house over the bor.ing mill. We win ask Hr.
Her ter to send you a plan 0f whpt is wanted.
Rosardlng the road at Mlam commencing at the school house,
this road has never been accepted by the Jownship, and under the
circumstances, we think the best thing we can do is to make the
necessary repairs, and not raise any question about it.
ass Ui'estul Bide. >
r SB*-. Cunningham at Edis.
we bey tp state we era waking .-ill our plans and arrangements to
Pt«'t early nan Spring. have hjwi one or <u<r stnaw shovels at
work going through the poor ore, and have reached with U oW of
higher grads. \fo ere »cw at work getting tho other statu shovel
in position, arid within a 'no nth expect to have it also in higher
,u wonc &jA JUi:!i,l'5r’ ^ o.X)veot to carry this force through the
Mr.ter, so there 'has --con practically no change fren the plan 1
wt lined when X saw you last in Philadelphia, As stated to you the
tt is a source of great regret to mi that our plant is not In oper¬
ation, to cat the benefit of the very high prices now existing. Wo
iowover are pushing it forward as fast as to onn under the olrcuni
PWe ship to Toledo Fdy. ft Jlach.Co., Toledo, Ohio, all the
teoth l'or* tM Victor shovel tmUJL^wlil^pay to have repaired, We
iiaim «wo sets of teeth. Tell Van I have ordered at, extra sX So
«ot to delay the work. lb is probable that on next nonday, we wi
have some people from England visit the mine with us, and if it is
possible, would like to have them see the big shovol at work. Have
Van do everything he can to have it working on that day.
Tours very truly.
?.S. V/hen you know how many teeth will go to be repaired, please
idviseme.so I may write the Toledo people.
Oct. 30th, 1899,
H. Cunni:
Edison
■emorandum ,
hoiif.es hereafter
in cano
;ead of by the month,
could get posessi
employe <
Yours very truly,
Letterbook, LM-239
This letterbook covers the period October-December 1899. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company, and
John F. Randolph, treasurer. The letters deal mainly with personnel matters,
company financial obligations, equipment, and supplies. Some items relate to
operations at the Ogden works and the prospects of future earnings. A few
items pertain to the Edison Ore Milling Syndicate, Ltd. of London. The spine
is marked 30." The book contains 500 numbered pages and an index. Less
than 5 percent of the book has been filmed.
Hi-. H.M.Huwu,
J>r«wol Blrt);.,
Philade lphla , Pa.
My Bear Sir-
I aw in receipt of your telegram of the Sfith , stating that He 3
Fnmk P. Howe and JI.B.Whlttmn, will visit our works at Edison,
to-day, t have arranged with Mr. Cunningham to show them every
attention, and regret that owing to previous engagements I was
unable to go to Edison to meet them,
We. hope fcp he able to have something definite to write you in
the com se ol the next ten days or two weeks, relative to our
starting up before next Spring. We ore making all our plans to
start along In April, but if certain things transpire, will probably
be able to get in operation before then.
Mr, Edison joins me' in extending kindest regards.
Yours very truly.
weather cornea,
sound!-
iible amount of blaatin
rock;
sould
quantity of dir
expense ,
me know vrh at fittings we will need.
I will order same. We will probabij
Dear sir-
7ou)*a of the 30th fully noted, Heearrtinc Wages, will take uj
question when we see you the last of .this week,
P.seardin,: ginks in new houses* would state we have expected
t alone to put water in ilujr kitchens, and will c«t to this a
ie later on, Please hurry alone the memorandum 0f repairs
ssary on our old houses, so wo may order the material, and fie
work under way,.
(A/ffTtyLa
•fr i’fUmoro- 1
;i5"> IMlsson would like <„
your new djjiarw- r . y0U Win recelVG ai*ranCo
=iri- -i™™-.
cii -i ttl , r, ’ ',e Vil1 probal*S' ^ fro mice «<*«
to carry the 1W. .
yours very truly.
98
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fmt you my neat nstmred we wi.13 ret ti„ _f).. v
a.i , Js, new Suyerinundeiu, and the writer
* “ «*» “ “l»rt ♦* ~m «k ta W«o„. «*
*T“* t0 8 Mn’U^ fmtm Of M, tine „ „lu f„„
this tine on,.
Relative to :,,, "aeons, MU ,.IM t0 E« Mi< ,1[U
Udiaon jjlant, but HB Shnj,Pt; ,, , . .
3 “ Xfc* *i0u Mmsiioj; & t present e
?H\ .-.it la on joins se i>- ,
' k-ini,fc8t reenrda to your Uncle
and yourself.
Yours very truly.
'i1'.. i'ro ri London is fully noted, / The repeater
nspection any time you and your friends care
hope to have « call from you shortly niter
tho patent , w« made quite a number of claims,
ilia wed, v/e appealed from the decision on
local has been sustained, and we understand
;d in a lew days for practically all we
s s hap in p itself up no v/e can (*o ahead and
rat- ro lolly. Pe arm anxious to do this at the
ok for SJJB.OO, fc!
nit am still holding it. ’.’.'ill
’r' r‘anrtolph !salle,! veater*** the Ttaird agreement,
Unrec copies) , which we understand you will have slcned, ^ hoM
«-.il -'■••lira is ready to make one payment, at which time the writer
will come to Philo. with the securities.
V/hils w© cto not v/Atvt 1;o ^ni-j t . ,
* - * a«: the aa >e time it
W0UM cr0atly facllitate 0l,r at I'd i son, if are couM promptly
oHa.m this money, *e shall eo ahead with the work there so far
tne 2-bor is concerned, hut there are quite a number of items
tn the my °f m°rS sfctps • cnrs’ ^tc.etc. , for which .we would like
to place orders, hut hardly like to do so until we have the money
°f <!°Urfle W° lm°* that J?r' rairfl 1B questionably good,
i f >'i- a-ath, ti.ere mi.-ht come up complications in
QU1* Ob tfi il) l;hf mov ' C- 'f ViVnrir»t‘T -t , ■»
■ •* *■ “*■ ■~'r> -ause us some inconvenience in
case we placed contracts at once.
Plcooc let us know as soon a» contract is signed, and we hope
-t i«l.i ne arranged so "T.-Paird will not wait the 30 cloys.
'.ou-p very truly.
Hov. 29th, 1899.
Mr. John ijrant,
195 Broadway,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir-
Replying to yours of the 20th to Hr. Edison, we beg to state
our works at Edison will be started early next Spring, and under
present conditions of the market, we believe will be very successful,
and that Ore Milling stock will be worth considerably more than at
present.
If you will write me again say in April or May, I will be glad
to give you particulars at that time.
Yours very truly.
y ■ _
189 Fleet fit.,
London, 35. C„, England.
Dear sirs-
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ly ;~;a to - **• «• — ..
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ar. material to do It with.
jrou an" Ml8°n **“ the Wrlt8r ln 6Xtendin« t regards t
Yours
very truly.
“illing ft crane i
Philadelphia,
Gentle:
V/a received to-day a memorandum of the cable engines About
which we talked to your Mr. crane . V/e find that Hr. Edison expects
to use both of these engines in connection with the cement work,
and does not care to sell them. However, , he says if you are
interested heavily enough in the new mine, and would like the use
of the engines for six months or so, he would be glad to rent one of
them to you for a nominal price.
I beg to give you below memorandum of the sizes-
Diameter of cylinder 12"
" gear wheel and drum 56"
" Pinion 12"
5,1-2 flange on drum.
Main drum 37” x 28 ling
Driving shaft 4,1-2"
Distance from center to center of cylinders 9*
" " cylinder head to shaft 7*
Dimensions Catt . drum 37,1-2 x 12" long. M
Yours very truly.
n' • or. ivin,; over the real estate transfers in the paper yes-
ioyf T noticed the deed from Mr. Baldwin to myself was put at
'0 whereas the deed from me to Mr. Edison was for 6500.00.
il<! it not be the samo as from Baldwin to myself?
My recollection is that when Mrs. Mallory and myself signed
deed, trunsf erring the property to Mr. Edison, the amount was
filled in, but was filled in later at your office, that can we
;o straighten this matter out? of course it will be difficult t
reach Mrs, Mallory now, as she is away, and will not be bade for a
ccih/ie of months.
yours very truly.
Letterbook, LM-240
This letterbook covers the period Februaiy-May 1900. Most of the
correspondence is by Walter S. Mallory, vice-president of the company, and
John F. Randolph, treasurer. The letters deal mainly with personnel matters,
the company’s financial obligations, equipment, and supplies. Some of the
items concern operations and record keeping at the Ogden works. One letter
includes Edison’s response to criticism of the mill’s operation. Some of the
material relates to an experimental reheater of compressed air developed in
conjunction with the Ingersoll Sergeant Drill Co. Other items pertain to work
for the New Jersey Zinc Co. A portion of the company letterhead is affixed to
the front cover and is inscribed "Dated from Feb 28 1900 to May 1. 1900." The
book contains 999 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 5 percent of
the book has been filmed.
Edison, H,
hat arrangement
T'y impress i
■cessary
about the same
height
.here hy gravity,
mable
pump
it necessary
pipe runs
of the store room, and one.
Brisbane can confirm tais,
• oubls
jker plant , and
imount of water
enough fcr the
mill will regal
ary to provide
will be
'ours very truly
Earch 1,1900,
I'cunui
)f the 28th ult
ninety dayg note with
/arded
i’lorida, to have
direct
that
ihortest possible t:
Yours
Portland Cement
rirarct Building;
Replying Jro yours of the 1st, relative to the account
of $943.39 owing you by this company, beg to state, we have as an
offset against this a considerable quantity of drilled steel, picks
axes, etc., etc., which we sent in the early part of the exploration
work to Stewartsville , and other places ; also here at Orange, and a
considerable quantity of shafting, pulleys, belts, etc. used in the
work here, for which we have not charged your company, waiting un¬
til the w ork was finished, and then vie propose to render a bill for
the difference between what has been delivered and what will be re-
iich will about offset the charge you have against us.
Lf you prefer it , wo will settle the account you have
1 and render bills at once for the material supplied y<
’or which you pay us, and then what goods are returned
against
sent back.
Yours very ttf-uly.
March 2,1900.
vtr . v/. L. Crandall,
Repkying to yours of the 16th ult. in answer to our ad¬
vertisement in the American Grocer, for a Hunger for our new store
at Edison,!*.?.., beg to ask that you will advise us in detail as to
your experience in this Particular line of work, alsa send us the
names of both busies and personal references.
We e^ect to open a new store earl* in the Spring, and have
not as yet decided upon our Manager. The store will be located at
Edison, K.J. where we employ about 350 to 400 people, and later on
probably will increase this amount. . Edison is rather an unattractn
place, there being nothing located there except our own works. It
is also a new place; we are just building up, but there is no store
within two and a half miles.
We have this past season built fifty houses in addition to
some twenty or twenty-five more we already had, and expect this
coming Summer to build fifty more, so that we will have quite a
little town within the next twelve months.
I* the above does not give you the information you desire, -
will be glad to answer any questions you desire to ask. -
March 5,1900.
G. B. ’V. Smith, Purchasing Agent,
Central r.ailroad of Mew Jersey,
Jersey City,-:. J.
ar Sir: —
V/e require at our Edison, I:. J. plant about 1800 lineal ft.
Angle rail to use in connection with the new steal shovel which has
ast arrived. 7,'e can use anythin," from fifty to sixty-five lbs..
P.ave you anything you can offer us for prompt delivery? If
o, please send us a memorandum of it, also quote us price per ton,
\o.b. Edison, M.J.
V/e will be obliged if you will let us hear from you promptly,
•s if you cannot furnish the rails, we desire to obtain them outside,
s we want to have the new shovel in position to deliver ore to the
-ill, latter part of this or the first of next month.
Yours very truly,
Enclosed jjlep.se find a recapitulate ''ti of tine work at the
Ogden cut for the month of February, showing a total cost per ton of
$23.25, which I am sure, will be as disappointing to you as it is to
me. You will note that of the total time only about 3E# was used
in loading, and that the two items of "waiting" and "track repairs"
make up nearly one naif of the total time. It is very evident from
this that it would he necessary for us to make as far as possible the
changes in the track at night, also to provide cars and skips
enough to keep the steam shovels at work. Also the stripping, to do
as much of it as possible at night.
As there will be stripping to do both at the Ogden cut and
Davenport cut, do you think it would save any money if we organise
gangs to work nights and arrange to dump the stripping in some parti¬
cular placq , so it will not go all through the rocks that are blasted
out and then used on steam shovels, to get this dirt out of the way
lsed on steam shovels, to get this dirt out of the way
not loading rock to the mill. If we do this, will it
xry to arrange for some dump cars? My impression is th*
could easily have paid for double
> number of dump i
lich could have been made if we had built
Mess. W. J. carlin Co.,
Park Row Bldg.,
Y/e are in need of about 1800 ft. of rails, or 900 ft. of track,
complete with Joints and bolts, of from 50 to 65 lb. section. Please
advise us what you may have, with price. You may base your price
on immediate delivery, F.O.B. Edison, IT. J.
Very respectfully yours.
Karch 9,1900.
• A. R. Kopkins,
140 Exchange Street
Replying to yours or the 7th + *
to thM ta. M1,on 0re M1111 *-*■ - -• ».
t-t *. M1„„ «t,r.ai„eth'sc • -
Tho 0„^„y „p.„ts lo reooiye tM< ^
" J""y 4 P*”“- *<»*., and „ lt tos ' '
■ **- ‘o Pa.advid.nda i„ 1 ! “
9,1900,
Messrs. Pilling & Crane,
Girard Building ,
Phila. ,Pa.
Dear Sirs:--
\Ve are in receipt of yours of the -3th inst . and ceg to
confirm letter written you last night, which we sent to you hy Mr.
Upton, together with the signed transfer from Hr. Edison to Mr.
Baird, covering ten of the Edison Phonograph Works Bonds, which w
understand Mr. Baird v/ill turn over to you as collateral security
covering your advance of §10,000 to take care oi the note due to-
Y/e understand that you will get from Mr. Baird an order author is
us to turn his Bond over to you, so that we may keep the matter
straight here and in accordance with the contract.
We greatly appreciate your action in the matter. Will you
kindly advise us what he has to say recording the payment of the
note due EoBruary 9. If he will pay this within the next week or
days, it will not Be necessary for us to discount one of the othe
notes .possiBly next month. If he cannot pay it, we will have to
one of the other notes through. We, of course, much prefer not t
discount , if we can avoid it .
matter
Mar cli 13,1900,
which has been for
Works
that
icial mixture
material.
Oslo to decide as
would last longer than chilled
hardly tested 1-1
addition to
steel enough
decided opinion
■believe
chillt
cheap-:
iy payments t<
establishii
at the. sometime ,
ileasea, if you think it
have
that you take the
ihe releases
March 17,1900,
Fear Sir
splying
Jtate I find
that the three
28 th,
ire red
January 11, but in
consideration
advised
our people to cancel the
better in the future for each
•tie material
work
be done
;isfactory, and
I received a. letter from Mr. Mdison this morning from Florida
suso he asked' me to learn how the machinery in the new Mill is running:
also uniat part ox it you have in operation, a.rid the largest tonnage
you have been able to get out up to date. X hope to write him early
next week, and will be glad if you' will send me this information, so
that I may forward it to him'.
Yours very truly,
March 24th, 1900.
Mr. H. S. Gay,Supt.
Edison ,H. J.
Pear Sir : —
I have notified Mr. Williams who has oharge of the work for
us at Hurd Mind, that in case of any break downB on his machinery,
if he will send it to us at Edison, we will make the repairs on it,
oharging cost, plus an allowance for the use of tools; so that if
any work comes in from him, please arrange to have it looked sifter.
Yours very truly,
Mr. Edison arrived home on Saturday night looking fully
one hundred percent better than when he left for the South. He is at
the laboratory this morning and seems to be full of energy and
business. We expect for awhile that things will hum.
Relative ti shipments made the Crane Iron Works of our concen¬
trates amounting to $2,709., we would appreciate it if it could be
arranged so that we could have this amount to use in some way, either
by check or by papci which we can UBe at our bank. We will want to
use this amount sho-.ly after the first of April.
Trusting that you can arrange It in some way for us, we are
YotirB very truly,
March 27th, 1900.
Mr. H. S. Gay,Supt.
Edison, N. T .
Dear Sir : —
I have gone over with Mr. EdiBon the matter* of roofing
for the Ho. 3 Stock House, and he thinks that three ply tar paper
wiH answer the neoosaary purposes for a year or two; so I have or¬
dered 102 squares to cover 75 ft. of the north end of the building,
which please have put on as soon as received.
Yours very -truly.
Messrs. Pilling & Crane,
Girard Building,
Phila. ,Pa.
Dear Sirs: —
Tiie fact that we will not get . started at Edison until
sometime next month, wing to the delays in receipt of castings,
rcako ;i it necessary for us to provide for another Pay Roll in addi¬
tion to what we had figured; so. it will he necessary to use the- ’
Eebruary Baird note at our bank. Will you therefore .please ash him
to send us a new. note dating it at present and making tfce time not
to exceed four months, so that we may use the same at our hank.
It looks now as if we will get off somewhere about April 10th
unless something unforeseen comes up.
Yours very truly,
March 27th, 1900.
Mr. W. S. Pilling .Treasurer ,
Girard Building,
My dear Mr. Pilling
" tave gone 0Ter the Reading Coal & Iron Company's
land matter with Mr. Edison and will he glad to go with you to Reading
and see Mr. Broden any time convenient for you. I think that the
sooner we get at this mutter, the better, as it will be easier to get
it fixed now, rather than after the Edison plant is in operation.
Yours very truly.
March 28th,1900.
Mr. W. 1. Saunders ,' Vice President,
The Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co.,
Havemeyer Building,
New York City.
Dear Sir: —
Replying again to yours -.of the 7th inst . relative to the
Re-heater, we beg. to state that Mr. Edison has returned, and in going
over Mr. Dickerson's report, says that the re-heater was put to do
more work at Jerome Park than he hod. intended. It should have keen
used only in connection with a couple of drills, then there would not
have been the trouble in clinkering of the coal, or the trouble with
the ashes getting into the drills. He claims that the quantity and
velocity of the air going through the fuel chamber, was entirely too
great, and that he is surprised that the re-heater did nearly as
well Is Hr. Dickerson reports. He says that under the conditions the
re-heater was used, it was practically turning it into a small blast :
furnace and making it do several times more work than was intended.
We expect to start our works at Edison about the 15th of next
month, and will fix up the re-heater, sending it to Edison, putting
it on our lines there and give it a thorough tost.
Relative to the shutting off of the air when ^he re -heater is
being filled with fuel, Mr. Edison states it is always th» .intention'
474 S
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March 28th, 1900.
Mr. W.l. Saunders #2.
to make a hy pasts round the re-heater, so that the air, while the
re-heater was being filled, coulf go direct to the drills not heated.
He gave Mr. Dickerson directions to do this, and in the first inst'*'108
it was done; in the second instance, for some reason unknown tio us,
Mr. Dickerson put it directly in the line without a hy pass, casuing
the trouble to which Mr. Wise refers.
Mr . Edison has returned from the south very much benefitted
by his vacation and very anxious to push the re-heater business to
a successful conclusion at the earliest possible moment.
We have been as.:yet unable to get the steel flexible tubing.
Can you give us any help in the matter?
Yours very truly.
m.:
475
March 28th, 1900.
Messrs. Dyer, Edmonds & Dyer,
31 Nassau Street,
New York City. .
Dear Sirs: —
Replying to yours of the 2?fch Inst, relative to the
foreign patents of the re-heating apparatus, heg to state that we
have requested Mr. Randolph to forward you check of the annual dues.
The re-heater is not as yet commercially working and is still
in an experimental state. The chances are that it will not he put on
the market commercially until the latter part of the Summer, as we
want to get a thorough test at our Works at Edison, before doing
anything outside with it.
As we understand the matter from your letter, in -Belgium
vro have one year from the first commercial workings.
Yours very truly,
Jersey * Pea,*, 0o„ ^
W. S. ^ vlo, py.^ — “•*»• '
Orange.N. J.
Dear Sir: _
Confirming your instructions t i,b„ a,
result of tests or + 6 k8r®with to submit
tests of temperature of air in Mim *, ,
■to“ *»•«■■* new t„ operatlna. ,ySt°" °f
.eapeettl hi™ - .
- — « z : zzrjrr — *° - - ~
there any wind at time of test. ? ^ °* ^ neither
where ZZZZ T T ^ “* ^ ““ ““ “ —
are shown in the following table
oe»t.ln, the SSM lnfor»tl.a> _ J »“
thee eauge ”! P"°° *” ’>°118™ WM 83 r“™8= i at earn
— pr- At “a - **°* — -
palate "A" * waa ta,n “ Ti“ a, two
- eho^ :: ci ; “ **-* * - - -
i 1:11 T“*- w aeg. p
a 6:08 « .. 55 „
"9:10 » « f® "
Showing an increase of 8 or 9 degrees.
9 -30 ^ ““ W‘”“ “• — - •« A,, «.
».ou A.M. #ad increased 10 dec- T+ 4
~ zzzzzz r
I3y' ST" °f *• — — - -
I especially call your attention to the variations in the auto¬
matic press valve, which certainly is not satisfactory.
I was accompanied Turing the tests hy Mr. w. Burns and Mr. J.
Noon, Mr. Ward's assistants, Both of whom I have requested to submit
a brief report on the matter.
Yours truly,
(Signed) H.S.Gay,
Mr. Ward ll.il.
After carrying out your order to ct&ofully examine heating
system in Mill #1, I have to report that the general distribution
of boils is had, particularly on ground floor. This shown by vari¬
able and insufficient temperature at and near shafts 3 Higi Rools
elevators. There are not enough coils on ground floor, and the
branches from mains to coild are in many cases, considering the
length, too small for exhaust steam.
In several cases the branches are taken from bottom of mains,
thereby taking the condensation from mains through radiators. Thi3
is particularly bad under 3: High Rools t where the only outlet for con¬
densed water is through, radiators. The drips from horizontal coils
are in several places reduced at headers making traps, and:; in one
case, header pitches wrong way.;
At the time temperature , on enclosed sheet was taken, building
had been dosed for over 1& Hours. J There was no wind and every pre¬
caution had been taken to insure getting allthe heat possible.
Temperature in #1 Mill; Boiler Pressure 72 lbs. Pipes 12 lbs.
Time location of Thermometer.
A;M.
6:35 3 H.R. west end
n east end
5 :45 Main shaft ;west end
" " . east end
5 :57 Angle shaft
Passage way; west side
6:07 #18 Con.
6:08 Root of #6 Elev.
6:22 Tall end #25 Con.
6 :24 West end of counter shaft for 29 Con.
6:33 Intersection of 18 & 25 Con.
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40 deg
Machine west side
Mr. Ward #2.
7:15 Blower floor line shaft
7 :25 West end " " Blower floor
7 :34 West end 8" Magnets
7^:42 Bast end counter . shaft for #6 Elev.
7 :58 Head of 20 ’ 1/2 "Con.
a:08 Counter shaft for 7 & 13 l/2 Con.fWest
8:15 " " " " East
8:25 Head of 4 & 5 Elev.
6:35 Drive shaft to Blower floor '& 15 Con.
8:45 Head of 4 & 5 Con.
8:55 3 High Rolls
Walter Burns
Foreman.
I have examined the steam heating system in Mill #1 and Magnet
house under orders March 18th, 1900 and found the thermometer varied
greatly on the first floor, and would recommend the increasing of the
heating surface, particularly around the foot of elevator #6 and
south side of Magnet house.
I also object to the use of bushings in horizontal branch tees.
There should be full sized nipples and reduced elbows to the size of
the return pipes where used.
The long circulating coil in center of Mill #1 should be carried
closer to the angle shaft and lower to get the heat as near the oil
pipes as possible. I would also recommend the placing of a circu¬
lating coil of proper size in the vicinity of elevator #6, as that is
a very cold place, and no heat Somes from the overhead coils.
At the coil on the southeast side of conveyor #25, the feedpipe
1-1/2" ought to he changed to 2" pipe- the full size of branch tee.
The pressure regulating value at boiler #4 ought .to hold the
pressure steadily. It raised from 12 pounds to 17 while we were ex-
aminlng^the system.
At Cocveyor #17 and foot of elevator #5 should be a coll of
pipe of proper heating capacity to heat that corner.
On the 12 inch Magnet floor, there is a piece of return pipe of
the 7 pipe coil that is trapped, which ought to be fixed. The maih
pipe and" returns are large enough to do the worfc required of them.
Mar oil 28th, 1900 ,
Enclosed I herewith hand you a memorandum
which Mr. Edison has handed me, relative to the letter written after
your interview with Major Bent of the Pennsylvania Steel Co. Mr.
Edison seems to he quite exercised over the lack of confidence in
our design, and is quite positive in his belief that the buildings
are perfectly safe and suitable for our work.
You, of course, v;ill use your -own judgment as to whether you
will show this memorandum to the Pennsylvania people.
Yours very truly,
Mr. W. S. Pilling, Treasurer ,
Pilling & Crane,
Phila. ,Pa.
ice in letter from Pilling that Penna, Steel Co. says our
construction is too light, use words "theoretical" etc. Now this may
:onfidence fcfl our people in what we are doing. X want to
: are calculating every-
shake the confidence our people in what we are doing. I want to
say that it does us a very great injustice; we are calculating every¬
thing to produce our buildings as cheap as possible and still be
safe. We have submitted our plans to Burr, who the Penna. Steel
people said was the best authority and he pronounces them all right
for the purpose we use them for. We have also compared them with
aimiliar structures put up by the Berlin Bridge Co. and Ritter &
Conley, and find that we are fully as strong as they, and in some
instances stronger.
How comes it that a concern in Connecticut buy their steel
from the Steel Co. and put up buildings in competition, if it is not
due to the fact that they do not put a pound of steel in that is un¬
necessary. A steel Company is debauched by a wealth of material
which does not breed enonomy.
489
March 28th, 1900.
Jj. Saunders ,Vloe President,
The Inger soil -Sergeant Drill Co.,
Havemeyer Building,
We have received an inquiry from one of Mr. Edison’s
friends, ashing permission to present our re-heater to the Metro¬
politan people, and before answering it, Mr. Edison thought that we
better make inquiry of you as to what you had done in this matter;
also whether you preferred to take up this matter with them or have
a third party do so.
Mr. Edison feels confident that if the re-heater is made of
large enough capaoity, so that the air will go through slowly, there
will be no trouble whatever from burning out or from ashes. Our
experimental work here goes to show that this !*• oo-
As stated in previous letter, he fee. . V the 2 ••rows Pj.r’c
ttst was not a fair one, and it was a good litv- •£«■ - to -100 i|
H.P. out of a 100 H.P. boiler by forced dratt.
v
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If
504
March 29th, 1900.
Mr . 3 . G . Burns ,
Dolores ,
New Mexico.
My dear Burns : —
Mr. Joseph Lawrence writes that he is One of a
Syndicate who are investigating a property known as the "San Ramon"
Gold Mine at Guerrero .Province of Chihuahua, Mexico ; the owner of it
helng Mr. J. Howard Purman, who is now in London. The Syndicate
will' send' out Mr. J. M. Bumup with Mr. Purman to investigate the
matter, and Mr. Lawrenoe would like you to join them and give him a
personal report stating whether in your judgment it is a safe and
good investment for him. I have cabled Mr. Lawrence that we would
try and arrange so that you could go, and wish you would take the
matter up with the Galle3tio people, and see whether you can arrange
to get off for a couple of weeks , telegraphing me here what you
learn, also what fee. you would require for the examination. Mr.
Lawrence, of course, paying your expenses.
Please give this matter your prompt attention, as Messrs.
Burnup and Purman are now on the Ocean. If you can arrange to go
Yours very truly.
524
Mr. J. B. Tonking , Supt . ,
Mew Jersey Zinc Co.
In our opinion the greater height of your Elevator over |j]
those employed hy us puts a considerably greater weight on the rope,
and this excess is the prohahle cause of the shortening of the life
of the Ropes. Our ropes have run over three months and show no sign
of any wires breaking. ,j
You can probably reduce the speed of elevator to 50 feet per^
minute by changing a pulley and this will cause elevator to probably
run three times longer than it would at 150 feet per minute. We have |
one elevator that handles 70 tons per hour, running at 50 ft. per _ f'
minute, which is the same kind as yours. We strongly advise this chan*|
of speed. This will give you time to order rope and get ready to put
in new rope. We think, ordinary 19 strand steel hoisting rope will ^
run about two thirds as long as the special rope; or you will probably |
have time to order the special rope. U|
With enough men and rope splicers , the change can be made in ;
48 to 60 hours, depending entirely how the men are handles and the M
appliances used.
We have always calculated that the rope should last one year ,
m
March 29th, 1900.
Mr. J. B. Ton&ing #2.
and think ours will, hut the greater height and extra weight of you)
elevator has evidently strained the rope too much, and the only way
we believe, is to lighten the buckets and bottam wheel.
Tf you desire, we will get out a plan for lightening the
buokets and other devices to diminish the weight, and then you can
change gradually, so that under your conditions, v/e think the rope
will last one year.
Yours very truly,
April 2nd, 1900.
?£r . Van Mater,
c/o Derby Lead Co.,
Elvin ,Mo .
K y dear Sir : —
The question has recently come up id regard to the
method of handling the ore at your old Mill; that is, whether it was
passed through the Bryer, then went to the screens, the overs return¬
ing and being mixed with fresh quantities of wet or damp material,
and then going through the Dryer a second time. We have, written Hr.
Touting, who has replied that the material at present does not go
through the Dryer the second time.
Both Mr. Edison and the writer remember distinctly the con¬
versation we had with Mr. Courtright when the Drya, was first put
up, and you were having trouble in getting the material to the
proper degree of dryness. It was suggested that you return the
overs from the screens, mixing it with the wet ore; then they would
both go through the Dryer together, and we both are of the opinion
that this was done at that time. Will you Mindly advise us whether
v/e are correct?
We are ashing for the information to use in a reference case
on one of our patent applications.
Thanking you in advance for your reply, we are
Tnnrs varv truly.
April 3rd, 1900.
Mr. James B.Tonking,
Supt. New Jersey Zinc Co.,
; Franklin Furnace ,N.J.
Dear Sir:--
•-» , Since writing you, I have reoeived Mr. Herter's full
report and a sample of rope, and as far as I can see the injury to
the rope is due to not placing.. the clamps on right, so the long slot
bucket holder could go over the pulley without the pin bottoming and
giving the ropfe. a bad Btretch. Owing to great height of Elevator, I
think the next time new ropes are put on, the bottom wheel and some
of the buckets should be lightened; also the clanqps should be polish¬
ed, as we do all of ours. We called your attention in a letter,
after inspecting some of your clamps, that they were rough. The
object of having them smooth is that the fibre shall slide in the
clamp and not slide on the rope. Inspection of the rope shows that
some have slid on the rope and the sand has worn the wires down one
third, and in these worn places wires have broken.
I think it would have been a good idea to have accepted the
offer made you several times , that we were always ready to give you
the benefit of our experience and to have asked us for a man who
knew all the joints of the Elevator, to he present when it was erect¬
ed.
Yours very truly.
Messrs . Pilling & Crane,
Cirard Building,
Philadelphia ,P<
We are in receipt of yours of the 31st inst. enclosing
letter from Mr. Broden, -which we have noted. Have you any objection
to out talcing the matter up direct -with him, trying to arrange an in¬
terview with Mr. Baer? We propose to write him that Mr. Edison has
written a letter, stating just what he desires; out there are some
things which can be better explained personally, and for that reason
would like very much to have an interview with Mr. Baer, also that
we are willing to come any time he may name.
If this is agreeable to you, we will write him later.
Yours very truly,
590
J/J
Aprii 6th ,1900.
Vr. Joseph E. Tonkins, Supt.
Sew .Jersey Zinc Co.,
Franklin Furnace ,E. J.
hear Sir: —
I do not think the Roebling people are in a position to
advise you about the rope. They have never had the same conditions
to contend with and when we went to them they could not advise us; X
then tried a great number of experiments. One experiment was the
running Eo, 4 Elevator with crucible steel, 19 wire strand by a motor
for seven weeks , 10 hours per day. This elevator continuously carried
700 tors per hour ; during the whole of the experiment the ore de¬
livered at. the ton, dropped down a chute hack into bottom of elevator
and ihvu trtr. uo fcn* elevator again.— There were many breaks in the
.1 than r.Urrrar. up :i wheels with very small diameter and tried
every -ope RoehUus made, except Tiller rope, and found that under
iw. frjjite, our special rope we use in elevators stood longer
Regarding the reduction of . speed to 50- I think my point is
well taken; the weight of 50 buckets and bottom wheels being one side
of elevator, is 18500 lbs., whereas if you are running 100 tend per
hour, the total ore in the 50 buckets will only he 1843 lbs. running
April 6th, 1900,
and the number of bends per minute
Regarding the time of changing buckets . - Ii
it will take a deal of time
open the
elevator and take a dozen off simultaneously, and also put them back.
It xtakse a. great deal of difference how you do a thing.
As soon an I get the drawings for changed bucket, will send yoi
a copy. V/* are also going to make some and try them.
Yours very truly,
April 17th ,19 00,
I have been
resting; for the past week, I find the enclosed letter from Mr.
Jurns , which kindly return as soon as you have noted it.
Also learn that Messrs. Burnup and Eunnan called here and sav
ter. liaison, while I was absent, and they will probably call on Mr.
Burns cn thel.r way South, and it is more than probable they will
be able to arrange for him to go. 1 have written Mr. Burns again
requesting that he make every effort to comply with your wishes.
us machinery running in Crusher plant at Edison
inti 3.1 has been running to-day, and we will run it
rithout putting any ore in. The balance of the
ipproftching completion, and it will not be very
i! have it in full operation. It has been very
;he necessary material to complete'our work, and
3een compelled to make a great many of our castings
The delays have been more than annoying
allowed the question of price to interfere where we
materials
should
jarda
■RRTjai-
April 21sjr. ,1900.
April 21st, 1900.
Mr. H. S. Gay #3.
of Pay Roll as proved.
A summary of all supplied distributed from the Store Room
should be made each month, and shown under proper head in like
manner to the above ,viz :
Hines- ' Operating
Repairs
Crusher Plant Operating
Repairs
So also with Coal, Oil and Lumber.
In order to arrive at the oil used during the month from the
pipe lines— If a careful inventory is taken May 1st of quantity in
Oil House plus quantity put in during the month,-minus inventory
of quantity on hand first of next month, will give quantity used
during the month just ended.
At this office all we will require is the total gallons and cost
o? same; but at your end, you should keep track of the several kinds
at their prices, as there are different gaadeB and prices. Should
there be any new Construction work like putting up new buildings
either residence or Mill buildings or anything to increase the
value of the plant, the labor or material used for same, should w
be classified on this Report as "Construction1' , specifying kind.
If this is not entirely clear, or if you have any suggestion
April 21st, 1900,
to mate whereby we can arrive at the desired informati.
he pleased to hear from you.
Yours very truly,
April 23rd, 19 00,
Opdyke
We send you by express the log hooks covering Mill
No. 1, Crusher plant and Brisker. Please see that these are
put in use as soon as the Mills start in operation.
I want you to keep up the same system as we had before , covering
the log hooks and the Crusher plant, Kill No. 1 and Bricker plant
in connection with the ledger , which I send with the log hooks .
On Saturday night I learned that Prank Boligho is looking for j
a position; perhaps you can make an arrangement with him to take
up his former work, which would he an advantage, because he under¬
stands it
Do not fail to get the blank hooks for the Inspect!
Yours very truly,
report
April 23rd ,1900.
Edison, H. J.
Dear Sii
Yours very truly;
April 23rd, 1900,
Cunninghe
kammmam
April 23rd, 1900,
Edison Portland Cement Co
Philadelphia, Pa,
In talking with Mr. Edison to-day about the contract
lsylvania Steel Company, f dr the erection of buildings
aade the statement that my understanding of the contract
that tin- material is to be billed to this Company at a fixed pri<
lb . : and the 15/£ is to be added to the actual cost of labor
iluding, of course , all proper proportion of the general expense
and that
operating the shop, freights
set ion costs
15> is not added to the price of material. Please advise whether
understanding of the matter al
the contract before thq
anxious t<
Kr. Edison
also
finally closed, and as soon as it is received, trust
promptly,
that
.1 forward a copy of it
Yours very truly.
April 23rd ,19 00.
1'essrs. billing & Crane,
Girard Building,
Phi lade Iphi a , Pa .
Gentlemen : —
Please make our order for coal as follows, which is to
stand until further orders
8 cars per week Bituminous coal
3 cars " " Ho. 2 Buckwheat or Rice
1 uar " . " Ho. 1 Buckwheat
V'e want the Ho. 2 Buckwheat for our Bricker Ovens, as we find
we can keep a more even temperature with this size of coal, than
with the larger size; and as we will require a lower temperature
this time, than when we ran Before, we trust that you will he able
to get. this quality for us, as it will make our Briquettes much more
uniform than with the larger size.
Vje trust that you will Be able to get these shipments to us
regularly and promptly. This order supersedes previous orders;
But the order given you on Thursday last for eight or ten cars ext
Bituminous coal, is still effective.
Yours very truly,
»/. .r, toying Mottor lot or ltourton. pollolo, o.i0.li,a
««* »»• « «» Itournnco Cp.to.,,
went to Edison , and went through the plant without a Demlt from
Col. Wood-; and whoever showed him through, gave him informat Wnot
correct. Please arrange
Insurance repre¬
sentative is permitted to go through the plant without an order from
either Col. Wood or us at Orange. Also do not give out any more
blue prints of the plant, but refer the asker to Col. Wood, who
always -has a supply on hand.
X wish you would also arrange in case Insurance representatives
call, who have letters from Col. Wood or ourselves ; that in ease
you yourself cannot show them through the plant, that you get some¬
one to do it who is posted; as the cancelling of policies and taking
out new ones, causes us a great deal of trouble and annoyance, and
makes it hard to keep the full amount of insurance that we desire.
Yours very truly, J
April 30th, 1900,
In re weekly report.
Mr. W. S. Mallory,
Vice President.
Dear Sir:—.
Regarding the progress of the work at the mill site, I
beg to report as follows; for the week ending April 28th:
YARI)3 A*?11 RAILWAYS:
Saturday, April 21st. The mill siding was connected
to the D. L. & w. R. R. in the morning and cars of freight were
received at the new elevation in the afternoon. Received cast iron
pipe for culverts.
Force-143 men, 26 teams and 18 horses,
Monday, April 23rd. Commenced the R. R. fill on the
Cline property. Prepared Oil House foundation and began to lay
cast iron pipe under R. R. banks. Continued work on Clinb prop¬
erty.
Force-170 men, 26 teams and 20 horses.
Tuesday, April 24th. Commenced work on the R. R. grade
on the quarry property. Graded behind Machine Shop for surface
drainage and switch track, laid rail on Machine Shop and mill
sidings.
Force-173 men, 26 teams and 16 horses.
Wednesday, ** 26th. Finish.* ^ „„ ^
““ " th8 ^ »* -*** » Portly ™ „th
orce-154 men, 18 teams and 12 horses.
Thursday, April 26th. The switch to Machine Shop n placed
ond rail, laid „ the corner or the mill site, sh.d lor corn,,
gated iron finished.
Force-176 men, 16 teams and 14 horsesi
WMuy, April 27th. arad, finished on quarry property to
a point where the. out is sir feet de.p-erc.y.tion made ror the
abutments to th. Olin. Ian. bridg.: B.u U11 J. ,s. ^ ^
Dereraer and Thatcher fields,
Force-160 men, 25 teams and 20 horses,
Saturday, iprll 28th. Te^orary crusher is being put in
Place, hump cure nr. being set „p. Ihe rrsme or the oil House
is up. Freight cars are being shifted end pieced by the locomo¬
tive. Bail is being laid on Thatcher property. Hat.rial is being
placed for Cline lane abutments.
Decreased force,
MACHINE SHOP:
Ve are now at the stage of the work where, very little
show can be made in a day, but I consider that we are making
good progress.
We have the piping completed and have had steam up- gat¬
ing the piping and running the engim for about twqhoura. The '
locomotive supply tank is up and water in it.
We are fitting up a store-rgom 60 X J.4* in end -of
erecting shop and also putting drawers and shelves in topi -room.
The foundation is in for dynamo and as soon f*s the armature is
returned from Orange, the wiring can go on.
Several of the machines have not arrived yet, which
we need badly, particularly the crane. We have had a Blacksmith
at work in the sbep n
t for some time, who sharpens all the drills
for the rock work, besides doing the job work necessary to fitting
and erecting a plant.
We are fitting up the 12. dump cars, for which skips
were bought from Dickson Hfg. Co. and trucks from Bloomsburg
Car Co., also the skip cars that have arrived.
Machine Shop and general utility force at work. Bight
Mechanics, one locomotive engineer, two steam fitters and helpers,
two riggers, twenty five common laborers.
The work in general is going along smoothly and we expect to
have the big shovel at work in a week to ten days, and the
rook stocVunder way. I have four contractors figuring -on Masonry
and excavations.
Respectfully submit tgdj
April 30th, 1900,
President
>rsoll -Sergeant Drill Co,
yer Building,
New York Citj
John Hammond
South Africa
ne day last week, he told Mr. Edison of some automatii
sharpening drill rod, and Mr. Edison failed to ask hii
;hine
manufat
would he obliged if yi
.nf ormatic
machi:
creat
Leves that it would be
forks at Edii
Thanki
for your reply, 3
Yours very truly,
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